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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