A 52-year-old woman has been sentenced to 18 years and eight months in a high-security prison for killing a man with a pool cue in Freiburgo, in the Midwest of Santa Catarina. The crime was qualified for a useless and semi-violent motive.

An elderly man was pierced in the neck with a billiard cue. – Photo: Pixabay/Disclosure/ND

The decision was taken by the jury of the municipality presided over by Judge Bruna Louise Hoffmann, Holder of the 2nd Court.

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The crime took place on Christmas Eve 2010. According to the complaint, in a city bar, a woman and her brother had an argument with the victim, who was 69 years old at the time, over alcohol.

She hit the man in the head and face with a pool cue. The blows were so strong that the wooden object broke. With the tip formed on the tool, the woman pierced the old man’s neck.

The proceedings remained suspended from September 15, 2015 to April 3, 2019 until the defendant was found to be called to court. The woman responded to the release process and there was no direct request for preventive segregation. Thus, the magistrate retained the right to appeal.