The woman had cut her hand with a circular saw, in the hope of receiving insurance of nearly 400,000 euros.
His hand could have been sewn up in a hospital in Ljublijana.
A 22-year-old Slovenian woman was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for cutting her hand with a circular saw in the hope of receiving insurance of nearly 400,000 euros, the STA news agency reported.
Hand sewn up in time
Her 30-year-old companion was sentenced to three years in prison before the Ljubljana district court for urging her to act.
Julija Adlesic, who ended up with a hand entirely severed up to the wrist, was accused of having staged, with three accomplices, an accident to receive compensation of 380,000 euros and 3,000 euros per month until the end of his life, according to police.
The group had, shortly before, taken out insurance with five different companies.
After the package, Julija Adlesic had been taken by her accomplices to the hospital without her severed hand, the group having the firm intention of receiving the highest allowances for a permanent disability, had specified the police.
But the hand was recovered in time and sewn up in a hospital in Ljubljana.
The average salary in Slovenia is around 1,000 euros.