ST. PETERSBURG, July 3 (RAPSI, Mikhail Telekhov) – The St. Petersburg City Court has reduced the sentence of Chinese citizen Liu Limay for stealing a brilliant worth 6 million rubles ($101,200 at the current exchange rate) from 3 to 2 years in prison, the Unified press service of St. Petersburg courts told RAPSI on Monday.

Limay was sentenced on April 28. The woman pleaded guilty and paid full damages to an injured party.

Earlier, prosecutor has demanded a 3.5-year prison term for Liu Limay while her defense and victim in the case asked the court just 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 claimed 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.