ST. PETERSBURG, April 28 (RAPSI, Mikhail Telekhov) – The Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Friday sentenced Chinese citizen Liu Limay to 3 years in prison for stealing a brilliant worth 6 million rubles ($106,000) from a jewellery exhibition, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

The woman pleaded guilty and paid full damages to an injured party.

Prosecutor demanded a 3.5-year prison term for Liu Limay while her defense and victim in the case asked the court to fine her.

According to case papers, on February 1, the brilliant weighing 3.1 carat was stolen from the International Jewellery Exhibition JUNWEX held in St. Petersburg.

Investigators claim the jewel was stolen by three Chinese nationals specializing in such thefts. Liu Limay allegedly replaced the brilliant with a fake and gave it to her accomplice, who hid the jewel in his mouth. Initially, police officers suspected that the he had swallowed the brilliant. Later, Liu Limay confessed that they had given the brilliant to a third accomplice, who took it away and left for China. According to police, that woman has been arrested in Hong Kong.

However, the brilliant has not been found yet.