The Mixed Jury Court today sentenced 50-year-old Claudia Cello to 21 years imprisonment, who about a year ago had shot, seriously injuring the father of her child, a well-known ophthalmologist in Athens.
The 50-year-old was convicted of attempted homicide against the 70-year-old ophthalmologist, attempted kidnapping of their minor child, as well as carrying and gun possession.
The guilt of the accused had earlier been requested by the prosecutor of the court, stating in his summation that he aimed and hit the victim's vital signs.
"Give me a few years of life"
"The involvement with the gun saved the victim from a gruesome end. The accused in order to complete her task continued to hit him on the head with the gun and then with a stone. All her allegations do not stand up to common sense. I have kept one sentence from the victim's statement: Give me a few years of life," the court prosecutor said, among other things, in his summation.
For her part, the 50-year-old, during her plea in court, which lasted about four hours, claimed: "I deny the charges against me. I am innocent and found myself in a defensive situation. From 2018 until recently they tried to put me in a mental hospital. Every six months he wanted to have a paper that I'm not well to get my dividends. I was receiving threats."
Finally referring to the murderous assault he launched against the 70-year-old doctor and in front of their minor daughter, she claimed: "Time passed and at about 3pm I see his car. I'm waiting for them to get out of the car. He has opened the garage door with the remote control. The kid got out of the car and came to my lap. I turn my head and he's got his gun pointed at my head. I tell him what a bunch of bullshit! I grab the gun, it looked like a kid's gun. He lunges at me. Bring it, you idiot! I'll kill you! Tell the kid to come back, I'll kill you both. I was in a state of terror. In the argument I don't know where the bullets were going."
Source: Proto Thema
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