Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murderIn this photo taken on December 30, 2016 a man looks at the burned-out rental car of Greek ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis, at a parking lot outside the police station in Belford Roxo, in the Brazilian state of Rio de JaneiroRIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian court has sentenced Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, authorities said Sunday. In her sentence, she also indicated that "the crime was carefully thought out, premeditated," by De Souza Oliveira. "According to the testimony collected, the defendant planned and designed, being the mastermind behind the entire macabre plot," she added. And she pointed out that De Souza Oliveira, "who calls herself an ambassador, tarnished the name of Brazil and embarrassed the nation with her conduct, given the negative international repercussions of the events." De Souza Oliveira and Amiridis had married in 2004, when he was consul in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: Bangkok Post August 29, 2021 22:41 UTC