A Greek helicopter pilot has been found guilty of brutally murdering his British-Greek wife at their home and strangling their dog in a bid to cover up the killing.
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was convicted yesterday of the murder of Caroline Crouch, 20, in May 2021 as the couple's 11 month-old daughter slept in the house. The court earlier heard the child was found lying next to her mother's lifeless body.
The civil aviation pilot and flight instructor was also found guilty of trying to mislead police for weeks by claiming Crouch was murdered by armed intruders who had broken into their home.
He originally told police he was tied up by four robbers who put a gun to his child's head, strangled his wife, and then got away with £10,000 in cash. But police found that examination of mobile devices, a smartwatch with a heart rate monitor used by Crouch, and cameras, had established a timeline that contradicted with the pilot's testimony.
He also strangled the family dog, Roxy, in order to give weight to his narrative that the family had been victim to intruders demanding they be handed the family's hidden valuables, an Athens court found.
This story is from the May 17, 2022 edition of The Independent.
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