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Jul 28, 2011
Fined $4,000 for stealing items for stray cats
By Khushwant Singh
A divorcee was fined $4,000 for stealing $390 worth of products from a pet shop in Sengkang in June last year. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
A DIVORCEE was fined $4,000 for stealing $390 worth of products from a pet shop in Sengkang in June last year.
Serene Fairy Tng Tuck Lee, 45, bought $100 worth of pet food from the Pet Station store in the Compass Point mall on June 3.
After she left, staff viewed the security video and noticed her stealing $166 worth of other items including pet cologne and eye powder.
Four days later, she returned to steal pet food, eye lotion and supplements, and was caught red-handed.
Her lawyer Rajan Supramaniam said that his client, who was financially tight, used the stolen items for the stray cats she took in.
A third charge for stealing $1,070 worth of cosmetics a month earlier from Pink Beauty Cosmetics in Ang Mo Kio was taken into consideration in her sentencing.
