DUBAI // A home care nurse stole a Dh7,000 gold necklace from her 74-year-old employer. In August this year, the 25-year-old Filipina stole the gold necklace belonging to the elderly Emirati and tried to sell it at a jewellery shop. The woman received a phone call from the jeweller informing her the nurse was trying to sell a necklace without producing a purchase receipt. “He told me the Filipina had a necklace of mine that she claimed I gave to her as a gift,” said the housewife. She told the jeweller the maid had stolen it from her and reported the theft to police. The defendant told prosecutors she saw the necklace on a table in the bedroom and took it. At Dubai Criminal Court she confessed to a theft charge. A verdict is expected in December 28. tzriqat@thenational.ae