THE Greek husband of Caroline Crouch has confessed to her murder, local media has claimed.
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 33, admitted to killing his wife after she allegedly threatened to leave him with their 11-month-old daughter.
Police sources told Protothema: “Babis confessed after more than eight hours of interrogation that he had killed his twenty-year-old wife.
“The evidence available to the police was such that it could not refuse it.
“According to the first information, the 32-year-old pilot claims that his young wife told him when she was determined to take the child and leave him.”
Crouch, 20, was tortured and killed in front of her 11-month-old daughter in her home in an upmarket Athens suburb on May 11.
Today we revealed that Babis was taken by police to give a new testimony after a breakthrough in the murder probe.
Police travelled by helicopter to a Greek island where Anagnostopoulos had been mourning with relatives to share the news.
According to local reports, police approached him discreetly following a memorial service and asked him to return to Athens with them.
In the police’s first official statement in five weeks, they confirmed the 32-year-old pilot was being questioned at the homicide department of the capital’s police headquarters.
“The husband of the victim in Nea Glyka is at the homicide department of police HQ, in order to be examined as the only eye witness following new data that has emerged from the inquiry,” the statement said.
One cop described the development as “a possible game changer.”
“The new finds will be presented to him,” the source told Sun Online.
“He will be called to answer relevant questions in light of this new development.”
Police sources said there are “three findings of interest” in the investigation.
One involves the memory cards in CCTV cameras at the house.
It was previously reported the gang removed the cards before breaking in.
Second, data appears to show activity on Babis’ mobile phone at the time he was allegedly blindfolded and tied to the bed.
Third, data from Caroline’s smartwatch – which was monitoring her pulse automatically – “does not relate to the timeline of events as given in previous testimony by her husband,” the cop added.
Local media said police were closer than ever before to tracking the killer although they did not elaborate.
Greek police have faced criticism for taking too long to make a breakthrough.
Suggestions of the pilot being among a list of potential suspects have so far always been rebuffed.
On June 4, it emerged that no DNA was found underneath Caroline’s fingernails in another blow to the hung for the sadistic thieves who tortured the mum.
Meanwhile, calls also mounted on June 4 for the psychologist who says she had been treating Caroline to prove she is a certified practitioner.
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The Association of Greek Psychologists gave Eleni Mylonopoulou two days to provide documents proving she is registered doctor after she shocked the profession by talking openly about the couple on TV.
The Romanian-trained medic is among the array of witnesses who so far have given testimony to police.
The Brit student had reportedly been treated by Mylonopoulou after she gave birth.
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