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       Woman who wheeled uncle's corpse into Brazil bank to sign for loan
       opens up: 'I'm not a monster'
        
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       Brazil police arrested a woman who went to a bank with the corpse of
       her uncle in a wheelchair to get him 'sign' a loan. Erika de Souza
       Vieira Nunes, who spent 16 days in prison before being released on
       bail last week, has now opened up for the first time about what has
       happened.
        
       The woman held her uncle's hand to sign off the documents to get loan
       in her name. (x/@RestrictedVids)
        
       "The days away from my family have been horrible, very difficult. I
       didn't realise my uncle was dead. It's absurd what people are saying.
       I'm not that person people are talking about; I'm not that monster,"
       Metro quoted Nunes telling the Brazilian TV programme Fantastico.
        
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       Nunes said that she only realised that her uncle was dead when an
       ambulance worker confirmed it after being called to assist. She
       further said that she clearly doesn't remember the incident, adding,
       "I don't know if it was the effect of the pills I had taken that day
       and I took from time to time. As I'm undergoing treatment, I was
       taking a sleeping pill called Zolpidem and took more than I should
       have."
        
       Her son Lucas Nunes backed her claims, saying that she has been
       experiencing disorders.
        
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       She claimed that her uncle 'wanted' the loan and that she 'didn't need
       the money'. "We always lived without my uncle having any income. My
       family always helped him. He only did odd jobs here and there but
       didn't have any fixed income," UNILAD quoted Nunes as saying.
        
       Nunes added that her uncle was "independent" and "did what he wanted".
       She continued, "He wasn't a wheelchair user and I wasn't his carer as
       people have said. I was never his carer."
        
       Ana de Souza, her lawyer, believes that Nunes won't be "convicted at
       all". "The case has barely started and there is already a punishment
       prior to a sentencing decision. That is, she is already being punished
       before she is even convicted, if she is going to be convicted at all,"
       UNILAD quoted her as saying.
        
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