Olivia Raimo admitted she pushed her aged husband between the bathroom and the wall and slit his wrists with a straight razor.
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A Westchester County lady was hit with a 15-year jail sentence Thursday for making an attempt to kill the 74-year-old man she married in a ploy to get US citizenship, prosecutors mentioned.
Olivia Raimo, 30, admitted that she pushed her sham husband and wedged him between his bathroom and the wall on Jan. 24, 2020 — then slit his wrists with a straight razor, Westchester County prosecutors mentioned in a press launch.
Raimo, who's from Jamaica, then barred the door to the person’s New Rochelle condominium when the sufferer’s house well being care aide heard his screams and tried to return to his assist.
The aide known as police, who rushed the person to Jacobi Hospital, the place he underwent two operations — however misplaced operate in his hand.
Prosecutor mentioned the assault got here after Raimo and the person met with a lawyer who informed them that they’d have a tough time convincing federal immigration officers that their rip-off marriage was respectable.
The pair married in 2017 in a bid to have Raimo turn out to be a citizen, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
She pleaded responsible to tried homicide within the case in November.
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