Niki Kiriona-Kahukoti got $450 for the rings, value more than $5000, she stole from a resident at the retirement village she worked at, the Palmerston North District courtroom heard.
A Palmerston North woman used her employment at a retirement home to steal a resident's rings, which she sold for only 10 per cent of their price.
Niki Kiriona-Kahukoti no longer works at Abbeyfield condo Retirement domestic in Palmerston North, after her theft turned into discovered.
The 43-yr-historical pleaded responsible within the Palmerston North District court on Thursday to burglary, which incorporates a optimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.
The police summary of facts states she went into a unit on the retirement domestic on March 1 and March 20 devoid of notifying the resident.
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She took 4 rings from the resident's jewellery container, which changed into hidden within the correct drawer subsequent to the resident's mattress, earlier than pawning them off at Xtra cash in Palmerston North.
whereas the rings have been worth in excess of $5000, Kiriona-Kahukoti received $450 from Xtra money.
advert feedbackShe admitted every little thing to police when she became arrested.
Defence attorney Marina Anderson pointed out Kiriona-Kahukoti can be in a position to pay Xtra cash back the $450, however would take some time.
decide Gregory Ross said Kiriona-Kahukoti had been unable to control the temptation to enter the apartment and take the property.
The sufferer did not believe like they should still have to lock their door anytime they had to leave their unit, the judge referred to.
"personnel should still be depended on to not take abilities of the age or the instances of the men and women who are living in a retirement domestic."
Kiriona-Kahukoti become sentenced to one hundred twenty five hours' group work and ordered to pay $450 reparation.
- Stuff
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