Passenger jailed for stealing money from Australian on plane

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Passenger jailed for stealing money from Australian on plane

Published on May 30, 2014 5:11 PM
By Elena Chong

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SINGAPORE - A Chinese national was jailed for nine months on Friday for stealing about $430 from an Australian on board an aircraft.

Zhang Rui, 39, a driver, pleaded guilty to stealing Hong Kong and Macau money totalling $429 from Australian helicopter pilot Marcus Philip Hildebrand, 40, on a Tiger Airways flight from Macau, China, to Singapore on May 8.

The court heard that a flight attendant was pushing a duty-free products cart on the plane when she found Zhang blocking the aisle. He was holding on to a black luggage bag with an Emirates tag on it. He then zipped it up and placed it back in the overhead compartment. He appeared to be flustered as he was doing so.

The flight stewardess felt suspicious and informed her colleague.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

 

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