Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil sentenced to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband
- Francoise de Souza Oliveira has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis
- Days after Christmas in 2016, the remains of the diplomat, who was on holiday with his wife and daughter, were found inside his charred rental car
A Brazilian court has sentenced Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, authorities said on Sunday.
Amiridis, 59 at the time of his death in 2016, lived in Brasilia and was on holiday for Christmas with his wife and his daughter in Rio de Janeiro.
Days after Christmas, the remains of the diplomat were found inside his charred rental car and ripped out under a bridge, in the municipality of Nova Iguacu, near the state capital.
A police investigation found numerous clues, including blood on a sofa and security camera footage, that implicated Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho, military policeman and lover of Francoise.
The two were sentenced to 22 years in prison, initially without parole.
“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 the Judge Anna Christina da Silveira Fernandes, of the 4th Criminal Court of Nova Iguacu.
In her sentence, she also indicated that “the crime was carefully thought out, premeditated,” by De Souza Oliveira.