A 14-year-old girl accused of killing her 79-year-old grandmother in Lauderdale Lakes back in May was sentenced to a juvenile program after pleading no contest in the death, prosecutors said.

Sofia Koval entered the plea to a manslaughter charge in adult court Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to up to three years in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice maximum risk commitment program, the Broward State Attorney's Office said.

Watch NBC6 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HERE

After serving the maximum penalty in the program, she'll be under community supervision until age 21, though it's expected she'll be transferred to federal custody for deportation to her native Ukraine because she is not a U.S. citizen, prosecutors said.

A 14-year-old girl accused of killing her grandmother in Lauderdale Lakes after she allegedly said she struck the victim with a belt and helped her die will be charged as an adult, the Broward State Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

Koval was charged in the May 23 killing of 79-year-old Yevheniia Koval, who'd been found beaten to death.

The alleged beating happened at an apartment in the Pearl Condominiums on Northwest 41st Street. Authorities responded there after receiving a call about an unresponsive woman. They met Koval's son, who said he'd gone to visit a friend from about 7 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. and left Koval with his 14-year-old daughter.

He said when he returned, he found Koval unresponsive on the floor with abrasions on her neck and bruising on her face, arms and legs, officials said.

According to an arrest report, the teen told her dad that her grandmother had scratched her, and she  struck the victim several times with a belt  to defend herself. She then started crying, saying  she was sorry for what she had done. 

Yevheniia Koval was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

In a redacted arrest report, the teenager allegedly told someone in Ukrainian that  the victim was already dying and that she had helped her die.  That person advised that the Ukrainian word the teen used did not have a good t

#nbcmiami   #crimewatchmiami