Filipina domestic helper convicted on three indecency counts
Bastillepost · 3 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A 45-year-old Filipina domestic helper was convicted at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on three counts of indecent assault involving her employer’s elder daughter, then aged 12, after a trial over incidents said to have taken place at a flat in Kai Yip Estate, Sau Mau Ping. She was acquitted on a fourth count involving the younger sister, then aged 10, after the magistrate found the prosecution could not rule out accidental contact beyond reasonable doubt.
Key Points
- Defendant FLORES Lady Jay Santos denied four counts of indecent assault alleged to have occurred in May and June 2025 at a Kai Yip Estate flat on Kai Yip Road.
- Magistrate Ng Cheuk-wa accepted the evidence of the two sisters, identified as X and Y, and their mother Z, describing the girls as honest and reliable witnesses.
- The court convicted Santos on three counts concerning 12-year-old X, finding she deliberately touched the girl’s intimate parts over clothing with her palm and fingers
- On the count involving 10-year-old Y on June 12, 2025, the magistrate said accidental contact near the anus during a routine wake-up could not be excluded.
- Sentencing was adjourned to November 27 for trauma reports on the victims, and the defendant, said by the defence to be a first offender, remains on bail.
Why It Matters
The case now moves to sentencing, with the court seeking trauma reports before deciding punishment, so the next hearing may show how the harm to the children is weighed. For Hong Kong readers, the ruling also underlines how courts assess child testimony, family reactions after disclosure, and the difference between deliberate molestation and possible accidental contact in domestic settings.