Cleaner in Ioannina convicted to eight years over forged school certificate

A cleaner was convicted to eight years in prison for forging her elementary school certificate to get a job at the hospital in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, it emerged on Thursday.

The woman, a mother of 13 children, was also convicted for making a false statement in order to profit, a news website in the town of Preveza reported. It was not clear when the trial was held.

She had initially asked the court to postpone her trial saying she had a heart condition but the court dismissed the medical certificate she provided and convicted her in absentia.

Her lawyer has submitted an appeal which will be tried on March 5.

A similar case in the city of Volos last year, in which a 53-year-old cleaner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the same crime, caused an uproar as it was widely viewed as too severe.

In that case, the Supreme Court...

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