By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

A WOMAN who stole a $10,979 diamond ring from a shop along Orchard Road was jailed a day and fined $10,000 on Wednesday.

Part-time nurse Gurmit Kaur, 46, pleaded guilty to the theft of the 18K white gold 1.1 carat diamond ring at Taka Jewellery at Orchard Plaza on July 15.

A Community Court heard that she had gone to the shop to have her chain repaired when she stole the ring.

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