Update 3: We called the CSO
So Dan called the CSO and explained to her the circumstances, ie: we have the contact of the person who passed her the bag, and that The Cathay has CCTV footage they can release to the police and in fact recommends that we go to the police. We said we would prefer to not involve the police and just want the phone back.
She maintains that she did not take the iPhone and that she is willing to give up a month’s salary to prove her innocence. To take it a step further, she even said she swears it upon her mother’s life (I thought that really unnecessary).
Dan asked why she lied to him about not having my bag as he even gave hand signals on the size of my bag. She said she thought he meant a brown handbag (which is exactly what my bag is) instead of a brown leather bag. As she tried to clarify her statement later, she revised her story to say she thought he said it was a brown man’s bag and then changed it again to say she thought he said a brown wallet.
Big loophole in that too cos it just means she had the bag all along. Dan forgot to ask her about the Anand whom she claimed to have returned the bag After we went asking for it.
Anyway, after hearing a few versions of why she denied having my bag when we asked for it at the counter yesterday, my very exasperated husband said “We are outside the police station.”(which we were) “You have 10secs to give us back the phone or go to jail.” (yes, my husband has a penchant for dramatising )
She tried to explain her innocence somemore and then Dan said “I’ll make the police report now”.
So we did.
Two hours later (it takes such a long time to make a police report!!), I’m home, tired and frustrated with myself for not having gotten a SIM card sent me to today.
Long day.
