A Greek helicopter pilot has been convicted of killing his British-Greek wife in their home on the outskirts of Athens and trying to mislead police for weeks by claiming she was killed by intruders in a brutal house invasion. An Athens court found Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, guilty of the murder of Caroline Crouch, 20, in May 2021 as the couple's 11-month-old daughter slept in the house.
He was also convicted of strangling the couple's dog to lend credence to the narrative that the family fell victim to ruthless burglars demanding to be handed hidden valuables. Sentencing was expected later.
After abandoning the house invasion scenario, Anagnostopoulos claimed that Ms Crouch died following an altercation between the couple over the infant's care. Prosecutors maintained that he intentionally suffocated her while she was asleep.
