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Caroline Crouch’s Husband Sentenced to Life for Her Murder

The husband of Caroline Crouch was sentenced to life in jail on Monday for her premeditated murder by a court in Athens. Following a six-day trial, a panel of three full-time judges and four jurors found that Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, suffocated...

Caroline Crouch Killer Begs for Forgiveness, Has “No Excuses”

Babis Anagnostopoulos, the Greek helicopter pilot who killed his British wife Caroline Crouch last March, testified in court on Wednesday that he had "no excuses" for killing the young mother. Anagnostopoulos, 33, even begged for forgiveness for killing his wife,...

The Damning Evidence Against a Mother Charged with her Child’s Murder

Damning evidence against Greek mother Roula Pispirigkou, whose three children all died under suspicious medical circumstances over the last three years, emerged on Thursday. The police report charging Pispirigkou with the murder of her eldest daughter Georgina in 2022 includes...

Mother of Three Dead Children in Greece Detained

Roula Pispirigkou was detained on Wednesday for the homicide of her first daughter. The Greek mother from the city of Patra came under suspicion after all three of her children died within three years. Pispirigkou, 33, was detained by police...

29-Year-Old Greek-American Mother Murdered in New York

New York police are investigating after 29-year-old Greek-American Irene Spantopanagos, who was stabbed to death in an apparent murder-suicide attempt on Saturday. Authorities say officers from the Nassau County Police Department's were called to a home on North Manhattan Avenue...

Greek Man Confesses to Murder of Family of Four in Andravida

A 60-year-old man on Friday confessed to the murder of a couple and their two children in the town of Andravida, Peloponnese

Greece to Crack Down on Soccer Hooligans After Thessaloniki Murder

Greece is cracking down on soccer hooligans after the vicious murder of a young soccer fan in Thessaloniki by a fan of a rival team. Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras, Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos, Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis,...

Greek Man Kills American Wife in Yet Another Femicide in Greece

Police arrested a 69-year-old man in the city of Ioannina, Greece for beating his American wife to death on Sunday in yet another femicide recorded in Greece. The ambulance service received a call late on Sunday night and rushed to...

Suspect in Murder of Football Fan in Thessaloniki Arrested

Greek police announced on Wednesday the arrest of a suspect involved in the murder of a 19-year-old football fan in Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki the previous day. According to a report in the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (AMNA) the suspect...

Cold-Blooded Murder of Football Fan in Thessaloniki Shocks Greece

The murder of a 19-year-old football fan in Greece's second-largest city Thessaloniki in the early hours of Tuesday has left the people of Greece shocked and appalled. The victim, Alkis Kambanos, along with two friends were intercepted and attacked at...