A Brazilian court has sentenced Françoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for the murder of her husband, Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, authorities said on Sunday. Amiridis, 59 at the time of his death in 2016, was living in Brasilia and was on Christmas vacation with his wife and daughter in Rio de Janeiro.
A few days after Christmas, the diplomat’s remains were found inside his charred rental car and pulled up under a bridge, in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, near the state capital.
A police investigation has uncovered many clues, including blood on a sofa and images from a security camera, implicating Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho, military police officer and lover of Françoise. The circumstances of the crime are atypical, since (the ambassador) was executed during the Christmas holidays … in this case, this family was torn apart,” said Judge Anna Christina da Silveira Fernandes, of the 4th Criminal Court. from Nova. Iguacu.
In her sentence, she also indicated that “the crime was carefully thought out, premeditated”, by De Souza Oliveira. According to the testimonies gathered, the accused planned and designed, being the mastermind behind the whole macabre plot,” she added.
The trial had a third accused: Eduardo Moreira Tedeschi de Melo, a relative of the policeman, who was acquitted of the murder charge but sentenced to one year of probation, already served, for helping to hide the body.
During the trial, which lasted three days, until Friday, the judge heard from 18 witnesses. In her decision, the magistrate also referred to the defendants in their capacity as officials. He has sworn to defend the company and not to revolt against it (…) by dishonoring the Military Police and all the confidence placed in him by the State”, she declared, referring to Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho.
And she pointed out that De Souza Oliveira, “who calls herself an ambassador, has tarnished Brazil’s name and embarrassed the nation with her conduct, given the negative international repercussions of the events. De Souza Oliveira and Amiridis were married in 2004, while he was consul in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: eminetra
In other news – Prince Kaybee mocks Busiswa’s feature on Nigerian star’s new song
Prince Kaybee takes to social media to mock Busiswa for her feature on Nigerian singer, Naira Marley’s song titled, Coming.
The song dropped early this year and it topped music charts on streaming platforms for weeks. learn more