WINNIPEG — She has a difficult road to recovery but Maria Mitousis is determined to return to the courtroom.
“She wanted everyone to know she has a huge passion for law that she is looking forward to getting back in the game and this hasn’t shaken her confidence,” said Sofia Mirza, the president of the Manitoba Bar Association.
Mirza was asked to convey Mitousis’ message of gratitude for all the support she has received over the past few days.
“She wants the public know she appreciates all the well wishes,” said Mirza, adding that police have Mitousis’ computer and phone so she cannot reply to messages.
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The family law lawyer inadvertently detonated a bomb sent to her on Friday. She suffered serious injuries to her hands, chest and face.
“The medical staff is of the view she is progressing even more than they anticipated that she would, or a pace that they didn’t think she would,” said Mirza.
She said Mitousis wanted to express her thanks to the Health Sciences Centre as well as the Winnipeg Police Service for finding other explosives over the weekend.
“She is grateful that no one else was injured,” said Mirza.
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Mitousis was the lawyer of Guido Amsel’s ex-wife. He is accused of building and sending bombs to Mitousis, his ex as well as a law firm that once represented him.
Court documents show the former couple were involved in decade-long divorce case as well as a lengthy lawsuit surrounding a business the pair once ran together.
The lawsuit, filed in 2010, surrounded Amsel’s ex wanting payment of $40,000. In a counterclaim Amsel accused her of misappropriating funds from the business and sending the money to family in Germany.
But in March of this year Amsel agreed to pay his ex back and have an auction sale. He also said he was going to drop the counterclaim.
Three months later bombs were allegedly sent to Amsel’s ex, her lawyer and the law firm that represented him at one point in the lawsuit.
Amsel’s case is set to be back in court on Thursday.
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