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Crete: The French woman is back in court for the murder of her husband in Tsoutsouras

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The 46-year-old woman is on trial, in the second degree, for the murder of her husband with scissors, while they were on vacation together in the south of Heraklion

Back to bench sits, the 46-year-old – today – French woman who is being tried by the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Eastern Crete, in the second degree, for the murder of her 56-year-old husband in the summer of 2019, while they were on vacation last summer in the area of ​​Tsoutsouras in the south of Heraklion .

The defendant declares innocent and claims they were both under the influence of alcohol when the 56-year-old in crisis took the scissors and fatally injured himself.

The woman is accused of hitting the 56-year-old multiple times with scissors while they were in the hotel room. Heraklion Security Police officers who were called to deal with the incident, entered the room and saw a scene of… slaughter.

The unfortunate man was lying on the floor in a pool of blood and she was next to him in a state of shock and crying. Police described the victim’s head as resting on a pillow, the body wrapped in blood-soaked blankets, and the room as if a hurricane had passed through.

For the Police, the death of the 56-year-old, who was suffering from serious health problems, is clearly attributed to homicide.
Police found the bloody scissors in the bathroom wastebasket, under piles of used paper, also soaked in blood. The couple had arrived at
Crete for his summer vacation on July 20, 2019 and were due to depart on the 27th of the month.

From the first days of his stay at the hotel and in the area, their problematic relationship had been noticed, as police sources say based on testimonies. Heavy drinking, irritable behavior, shouting and fighting. One such fight had reportedly broken out early on the fateful night resulting in the derailment of the situation.

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