Woman jailed for secretly burying mother to collect pension

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A 62-year-old woman who admitted to burying her 91-year-old parent successful the yard of their location successful Viotia so she could proceed collecting her pension and disablement benefits has been sentenced to 14 months successful situation for perjury.

She will service 1 period successful custody, with the remaining 13 months suspended.

The woman testified today that her parent died astatine the extremity of August 2023 and that she concealed the decease due to the fact that she was indebted to a indebtedness shark.

“The indebtedness to the indebtedness shark successful 2017 was astir €56,000. He would travel to the location astatine night. He adjacent came to my workplace,” she said.

“My kid was 20 years old, and I had a noose astir my neck. I tried to bash something for my child, successful the wrong way,” she added.