Maria Popesco, born Maria Popescu (September 4, 1919 – 2004), was a Romania

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n-born socialite

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, convicted murderer and memoirist, whose case was at the center of one of the few judicial scandals in Switzerland

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Born in Bucharest

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 and the stepdaughter of Stelian Popescu

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Stelian Popescu was a nationalist Romanian journalist.From 1914 to 1943, Popescu was director of Universul....

, a far right

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 political figure and former Justice Minister, Maria Popesco was arrested in 1945 in Geneva

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 and accused for having murdered her stepmother Lelia Popescu (on June 26, 1945) and her maid Lina Mory (died on July 25, 1945), and for an assassination attempt against her stepfather. She was sentenced to life imprisonment, even though critics believe that her guilt has never been proven.

Particularly Georges Brunschvig

Georges Brunschvig

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 and Anton Gordonoff

Anton Gordonoff

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, two main scientific experts in the case, accused the involved François Naville

François Naville

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 for wrong arguments concerning the confusion between Veronal and Quadronox. She was finally amnestied in 1957. The following years Popescu wrote her memoires; she married, lived in Valais and had a son.

Works

• Maria Popesco. "Entre deux mercredis" Éditions La Baconnière, 1961. 198 pages.
• Maria Popescu. "Von Mittwoch bis Mittwoch" Éditions Paul Haupt, 1961. Traduction: Bee Juker. ASIN B0000BMFY8

• William Matthey-Claudet. " Une erreur judicière? L' Affaire Popesco" Imprimerie Montandon & Cie, Fleurier (Ntel).
• Antoine Jacques & Pierre Bellemare
  Pierre Bellemare
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  . "Les Dossiers Extraordinaires de Pierre Bellmare" Éditions Fayard, 1976.
• Yolanda Eminescu. "Din Istoria Marilor Procese" Éditions Junimea, Iasi, 1992.
• Jean-Noël Cuenod. "De l'Assassinat de Sissi à l'Acquittement de Mikhaïlov, Un siècle de Procès à Genève" Éditions Tribune de Genève, 1999.