On Friday, a Slovenian woman identified as Julija Adlesic was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with her boyfriend to chop her handoff in a bid to claim £925,000 insurance payout.
According to a district court in Ljubljana, she had signed contracts with five different insurance companies.
The pair had taken her to the hospital, saying she had injured herself while sawing branches. Authorities said they left the severed hand behind rather than bringing it to the hospital to ensure the disability was permanent. But police recovered and it was reattached.
Prosecutors said that days before the incident, Adlesic’s partner searched for information on the internet about how artificial hands work. They claimed that this was another proof that it was done deliberately.
However, during the trial she claimed innocence saying she would not intentionally cut her hand off.
“No one wants to be crippled,” she told the court. “My youth has been destroyed. I lost my hand at the age of 20. Only I know how it happened.”
judge Marjeta Dvornik, said:
“We believe the sentences are fair and appropriate, and will serve their purpose.”
