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LJUBLJANA: A Slovenian court sentenced a 22-year-old woman to two years in prison after finding her guilty of cutting her hand to claim insurance.
The woman’s 30-year-old partner, accused of inciting her, was sentenced to three years in prison by the Ljubljana District Court on Friday (September 11), the country’s news agency STA reported.
It was unclear Saturday whether the couple, who had pleaded not guilty, would appeal the verdict.
The woman, Julija Adlesic, was arrested early last year for allegedly cutting her hand at the wrist with a circular saw to obtain almost 400,000 euros (470,000 US dollars) in insurance compensation.
The woman is believed to have starred in the incident, along with three other people, earlier this year, shortly after the group signed life and injury insurance contracts with five different insurance companies.
The woman expected to get about 380,000 euros in compensation and a monthly payment for life of about 3,000 euros, according to police.
The group intentionally left her hand instead of taking her with them to the hospital, hoping to receive three times more compensation for permanent disability after what she claimed was an accident, police said.
But the authorities managed to raise the hand in time, and doctors at a hospital in the capital, Ljubljana, were able to replace it.
Average monthly net income is around € 1,000 in Slovenia.
