Helper jailed for 5 months for molesting employer’s 12-year-old daughter

South China Morning Post - Nov 6, 2026

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a domestic helper to five months in jail for molesting her former employer’s 12-year-old daughter in the family home. Lady Jay Santos Flores, 45, offered no mitigation before she was sentenced at Kowloon City Court on Friday on three counts of indecent assault. She sobbed occasionally during the hearing. Flores was convicted last month of molesting the girl, who said the Filipino helper had touched her genitals on several occasions between May and June 2025. The...

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