RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 30 — A Brazilian court has sentenced Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, authorities said yesterday.
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. In her sentence, she also indicated that “the crime was carefully thought out, premeditated,” by De Souza Oliveira. The trial had a third defendant: Eduardo Moreira Tedeschi de Melo, a relative of the policeman, who was acquitted of the murder charge but sentenced to one year probation, already served, for helping to hide the body.In her decision, the magistrate also referred to the accused in their capacity as public servants.