The Greek pilot who murdered his Brit wife will be spending his life sentence in one of Europe's most-violent prisons where rooms are overcrowded and "filthy" with violent sword-wielding gangs controlling the wings.
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was j ailed for life plus an additional 11-and-a-half years on Monday after murdering his British wife Caroline Crouch, 20, and hanging her rescue puppy Roxy from the bannisters of their maisonette in Athens.
After the verdict was read on Monday, the monster - who suffocated his wife with a pillow for five minutes until she died - was taken back to Korydallos jail to serve out the rest of his sentence.
Caroline's heartbroken dad said after the hearing he is hopeful the violent jail will "break" the 34-year-old killer.
He said: "I am further gratified to know that he will serve his time in Korydallos Prison, the toughest prison in Greece which has one of the worst prison systems in Europe."
"When he eventually completes his sentence, which many people think he might not survive, he will be a changed man, a broken man, far older than his true age," he told the Daily Mail.
While the prison is notorious for the violent men on its wings, it's also feared for its "filthy" and "mould-infested" cells and the "degrading" conditions they're forced to live in.
Kyradallos is also reportedly plagued with savage gangs who run the lock up where weapons are readily available.
At the end of last year, a search of the cells uncovered a huge stash of improvised weapons, full-length swords, and ounces of cocaine among other contraband, the Greek City Times reports.
Prisoners, not guards, are in control of Korydallos - making inter-prisoner violence and intimidation rife - with many incidents going unnoticed and unreported, according to a 2020 report from the Council of Europe 's Committe for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).
But the violence is just one of the horrors awaiting Anagnostopoulos.
Each cell is just 9.5 metres wide and crammed with up to seven inmates at a time, sleeping on "filthy mattresses and blankets, infested with bed bugs and with mould on the walls and ceiling", according to CPT.
Some sections of the jail can "easily be considered to amount to inhuman and degrading treatment”, the CPT report adds.
In 2008, the maximum-security nick became the scene of a mass hunger strike as convicts refused to eat until the prison met a long list of demands, including ending custodial sentences for drug addicts and reducing prison terms.
More than 5000 lags tore through the prison demanding better health services, visiting hours, and improved access for human rights campaigners.
The strike set off a chain of similar demonstrations in 21 out of Greece's 24 jails, reports say.
And in 1995, a massive riot broke out with inmates taking over the facility after clashes with guards and police.
Five years earlier inmates seized the institution for 28 days, with ministers eventually bowing to most of their demands to end the standoff.
And if Anagnostopoulos falls ill, he'll be in an institution critically undersupplied with medical and health supplies, ministers say.
Lawmakers from Greece's SYRIZA party were shocked with the dreadful conditions of the prison's hospital wing following a visit in 2014.
Their statement read: "As it is known, the structures of the Detention Centers are overcrowded in a population of prisoners and are understaffed in medical, prison and administrative staff."
And sources have revealed that Anagnostopoulos is sharing his tiny cell with two high-profile alleged rapists, according to the Greek City Times.
One of the cellmates, former Greek National Theatre chief Dimitris Lignadis - has been branded a "dangerous person" by Greek ministers after being accused of a string of rapes, including offences against underage boys.
Another alleged rapist, actor Petros Filipiddis, will also be bunkmates with Anagnostopoulos, local media reports.
When Filipiddis' victims refused his advances, he would threaten them with physical violence or intimidate them by saying he would destroy their career.
Anagnostopoulos was found guilty on Monday of the premeditated murder of the 20-year-old mother of his child and the unlawful slaughter of her rescue pooch Roxy.
He was handed life in prison for Caroline's death - with an extra 11-and-a-half years added on for murdering her puppy thanks to a new law rolled out in Greece last year.
Earlier in the trial he described how Roxy "cried for a few seconds" as he hung her body from the bannister of their ground floor flat.
The cruel abuse happened downstairs from where his wife was laying dead beside their 11-month-old daughter - who was unharmed.
Recalling the moment he took Roxy's life, he told the court: "I went downstairs where the dog was. I took the dog with the leash and put on the collar. I hung it from the stairs. I couldn't hurt it with a knife or a tool."
"I couldn't do anything with my hands. I picked up the dog and tied it to the bannister. I left the living room so I wouldn't see it, so I went to the kitchen. It cried for a few seconds. Lydia was already upstairs in her room."
