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| Nursing home kidnapping accused believed victim was her mother, court told | Nursing home kidnapping accused believed victim was her mother, court told |
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| A woman charged with kidnapping a 97-year-old resident from a Melbourne nursing home allegedly believes the woman is her mother, whose death and funeral several years ago was faked as part of a conspiracy. | A woman charged with kidnapping a 97-year-old resident from a Melbourne nursing home allegedly believes the woman is her mother, whose death and funeral several years ago was faked as part of a conspiracy. |
| Irene Moschones, 51, appeared before Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday charged with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment after 97-year-old Dimitra Pavlopoulou was taken from her Clarinda nursing home on Saturday. | Irene Moschones, 51, appeared before Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday charged with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment after 97-year-old Dimitra Pavlopoulou was taken from her Clarinda nursing home on Saturday. |
| Pavlopoulou was wheeled out of her room at Clarinda Manor about 12pm on Saturday and put in a car, with her wheelchair left behind. | Pavlopoulou was wheeled out of her room at Clarinda Manor about 12pm on Saturday and put in a car, with her wheelchair left behind. |
| Police found the 97-year-old at a Cheltenham home at about 9.30pm on Saturday after Moschones allegedly took the older woman there. | Police found the 97-year-old at a Cheltenham home at about 9.30pm on Saturday after Moschones allegedly took the older woman there. |
| An associate of Moschones rang police after he saw Pavlopoulou lying on a mattress in the living room, police prosecutor Sergeant Daryl Eales said. | An associate of Moschones rang police after he saw Pavlopoulou lying on a mattress in the living room, police prosecutor Sergeant Daryl Eales said. |
| It’s alleged the 51-year-old believes Pavlopoulou is her mother, even though investigators have established Moschone’s mother died in 2013. | It’s alleged the 51-year-old believes Pavlopoulou is her mother, even though investigators have established Moschone’s mother died in 2013. |
| Eales said Moschones believes “there was a conspiracy against her committed by a group of people to get her inheritance from her mother”. | Eales said Moschones believes “there was a conspiracy against her committed by a group of people to get her inheritance from her mother”. |
| Moschones has previously requested her mother’s body be exhumed so DNA testing can disprove her mother’s death and funeral. | Moschones has previously requested her mother’s body be exhumed so DNA testing can disprove her mother’s death and funeral. |
| Moschones has also been visiting nursing homes in a bid to try to find her “real” mother, police said. | Moschones has also been visiting nursing homes in a bid to try to find her “real” mother, police said. |
| “She had been to many nursing homes on many other occasions,” Eales said. “She [Moschones] is in no way related to the victim, and she is not known to anyone in her [the victim’s] family.” | “She had been to many nursing homes on many other occasions,” Eales said. “She [Moschones] is in no way related to the victim, and she is not known to anyone in her [the victim’s] family.” |
| Magistrate Ross Betts denied Moschones bail after police said they were concerned about her mental state. | Magistrate Ross Betts denied Moschones bail after police said they were concerned about her mental state. |
| “She requires psychiatric assessment due to her delusional thoughts towards the victim and her thought processes of the victim being her mother,” Eales said. | “She requires psychiatric assessment due to her delusional thoughts towards the victim and her thought processes of the victim being her mother,” Eales said. |
| Police also said they were worried Moschones would again try to take Pavlopoulou from the nursing home and put her life at risk a second time, as she suffers from several conditions that require medical care. | Police also said they were worried Moschones would again try to take Pavlopoulou from the nursing home and put her life at risk a second time, as she suffers from several conditions that require medical care. |
| Moschones has been remanded into custody and will return to court on Wednesday. | Moschones has been remanded into custody and will return to court on Wednesday. |