{"id":15655,"date":"2019-09-28T01:49:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T05:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=15655"},"modified":"2019-09-28T01:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T05:49:18","slug":"michael-winners-ex-lover-jailed-for-robbing-his-widow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/09\/28\/michael-winners-ex-lover-jailed-for-robbing-his-widow\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Winner’s ex-lover jailed for robbing his widow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former lover of film director Michael Winner has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years for a violent robbery against his widow.<\/p>\n

Geraldine Winner, now 81, was robbed of at least \u00a3100,000 worth of jewellery, art and cash during the raid at her Knightsbridge home on 9 October 2015.<\/p>\n

Mrs Winner suffered head injuries and a broken finger during the attack in which she was bound and blindfolded.<\/p>\n

Gurgana Gueorguieva had admitted aggravated burglary.<\/p>\n

However, she said Mrs Winner’s injuries were caused in self-defence.<\/p>\n

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Mrs Winner suffered head injuries during the three-hour ordeal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In July, Gueorguieva, 48, of Holland Park,\u00a0admitted one count of robbery<\/a>, but said the injuries suffered by Mrs Winner were accidental and caused while trying to calm her.<\/p>\n

She denied bringing a weapon to intentionally injure her or taking 20,000 euros, prompting a fact-finding hearing at Southwark Crown Court.<\/p>\n

But on Friday Judge Peter Testar ruled Gueorguieva took the money, but could not be sure that she brought the iron bar to the scene.<\/p>\n

He found that she did not “gratuitously” cause Mrs Winner pain.<\/p>\n

Mrs Winner was taking rubbish out when she was bundled back inside her house by Gueorguieva.<\/p>\n

The widow told the court previously that she was hit between three or four times with her own kettle.<\/p>\n

After stealing items including framed photos of Mr Winner, Gueorguieva fled without removing cable-tie restraints from Mrs Winner, who managed to free herself using a pair of scissors.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Mark Gadsden said: “The primary motive was to get revenge by taking items of sentimental value, but there was a secondary motive to make money from it.”<\/p>\n

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Mrs Winner was tied up and struck with a kettle from her kitchen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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