LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — A court in Slovenia on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old woman to two years in prison for deliberately cutting off her hand with a circular saw to make a fraudulent insurance claim. The district court in Ljubljana said Julija Adlesic agreed with her boyfriend to have her left hand severed above the wrist at their home in the capital early in 2019. The woman stood to collect more than 1 million euros, about half paid immediately and the rest in regular monthly installments. Authorities said they left the severed hand behind rather than bringing it to the hospital to ensure the disability was permanent. During the trial, the woman claimed innocence, saying she would never have cut off her hand deliberately.

Source: Fox News September 12, 2020 02:15 UTC