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Helena Smith in Athens

Greek pilot tells court he killed British wife Caroline Crouch in ‘blurred state of mind’

Babis Anagnostopoulos arrives at court escorted by police for his trial in Athens.
Babis Anagnostopoulos arrives at court escorted by police for his trial in Athens. Photograph: Iason Raissis/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Babis Anagnostopoulos, the Greek pilot accused of killing his British wife as she slept in their Athens home, had waited for his moment in court and, a year to the day after she took her last breath, he got it.

For almost 10 hours on Wednesday the UK-trained aviator stood in the dock relating the alleged events that led to the fatal moment on 11 May 2021 when he “lost control” and smothered Caroline Crouch, 20, to death with a pillow. The body of the couple’s dog was also found dangling inside the maisonette’s hallway.

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