Husband of Caroline Crouch Found Guilty for Her Murder in Greek Court
A Greek helicopter pilot was on Monday found guilty of the premeditated murder of Caroline Crouch his young British wife after which he concocted an elaborate ruse that it had been committed during a botched burglary.
Following a six-day trial, a panel of three full-time judges and four jurors found that Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, suffocated Caroline Crouch, 19 to death and had planned the crime in the hours leading up to it.
Anagnostopoulos was also found guilty of killing her pet dog Roxy, who he hanged from a banister of the family home as part of an attempt to create a false crime scene.
Killer faces 32 years behind bars for Caroline Crouch’s murder
The court will sentence him later on Monday. He was also convicted of two counts of perverting the course of justice for lying to the authorities following the killings.
The court took just over an hour to reach its decision which was announced shortly before 5pm local time.
Anagnostopoulos, who faces a possible combined 32 years behind bars, stared straight ahead dispassionately as the judge delivered the verdict.
He faces life imprisonment for the murder of Caroline, which is 16 years in Greece plus a maximum ten years for killing Roxy and a combined six years for the other two offences.
The murder of the 20-year-old young mother Caroline Crouch on May 11, 2021, shocked Greek public opinion.
The prosecutor said that Anagnostopoulos, who has already confessed to the murder, was “in a calm frame of mind” and that his actions were vindictive and premeditated.
“He put the child to sleep on the couch then went up to kill. This refutes the claim of an agitated state of mind and shows premeditation,” the prosecutor said, highlighting the fact that the defendant had then placed the baby on the body of the dead mother when staging the supposed robbery, in order to evoke sympathy. Read More...
