The defendant, who had requested an appeal, may actually get the appeal she hoped for. On Wednesday evening, the prosecutor requested the same as the defence lawyer, which is an acquittal.
In March, she received a suspended two year prison sentence and a €2,000 fine for having taken out cash repeatedly using the credit card of an elderly man.
At the beginning of the indictment, the prosecutor reminded the court of the victim's desolate state and that the defendant had attempted to embellish the story in the appeal. Then, the prosecutor claimed that while the woman had taken advantage of the men in the form of stealing €6,000, this had not significantly harmed his prospects.
The defendant had taken out the money to pay back a loan for a car and credit card payments. Further to this, it was impossible to say how much of the money taken out on the victim's credit card the defendant had actually used.
The defendant's lawyer echoed the call for an acquittal, as this had not been an abuse of weakness as the victim did and does not have dementia. The lawyer reiterated that his client had not diverted money.
The lawyer representing the victim's children did not seem to agree with the defence lawyer and prosecutor. Instead, she called for the first verdict to remain in addition to damages paid to the victim.
The defendant claimed she had not intended taking advantage of the elderly man, explaining that it was not her fault to have suddenly been without money. She stressed that she had not ensured that the man did not have any contact with his family. One of the judges remarked that the victim had nevertheless become dependent on the defendant, to which she responded that she did not see the situation as having occurred like this.
The verdict will be pronounced on 13 February.
