<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman who bashed her de facto father-in-law and left him for dead has been jailed for 27 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Danielle Birchall, 49, closed her eyes as Victorian Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale handed down her sentence on Friday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birchall sneaked into Kon Kritikos' Coburg home on November 11, 2020, and beat the 87-year-old with a weapon before leaving him for dead.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-this-is-how-they-were-calculated/ad0f5c69-8f35-4b68-a5ac-dce926e9a76d" target="_blank"><strong><span>This is the dubious way Trump calculated his 'reciprocal' tariffs</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She told a series of lies to cover up the murder and returned to Kritikos' home with her partner, his son George Kritikos, later that evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple found Kritikos on the floor, surrounded by blood, moaning but still semi-conscious.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>George asked his father "who did it?" to which he replied "afti, afti, afti" in Greek, meaning "she did it".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/woman-jailed-27-years-for-murdering-elderly-man/a86774ff-fe1e-45d9-be59-be152619313f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kritikos was taken to hospital but died two weeks later from his injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birchall pleaded not guilty to Kritikos' murder but a jury found her guilty of the crime in November 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice Beale described the killing as vicious as he sentenced Birchall to 27 years behind bars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She will be eligible for parole after 20 years.</span></div></div>