A former Merseyside royal marine is leading the way in helping the Greek authorities to improve on how to respond to gender-based violence in their country.
Matthew Lodge, originally from Crosby and who now serves as the UK’s ambassador to Greece, signed off on funding to allow Greek officials to visit the country to train to deal with domestic violence and serious sexual assault cases effectively. Following on from this, a group of Greek delegates arrived in the UK earlier this month to attend workshops with police officers from the Met, Bedfordshire and Scotland.
The visit comes almost a year after British national, Caroline Crouch, was killed in front of her 11-month-old baby daughter. Husband Babis Anagnostopoulos is currently on trial accused of murder after claiming the family had been targeted by burglars.
