{"id":956,"date":"2023-05-09T04:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T04:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/05\/09\/caroline-crouchs-killer-husband-persuades-parents-to-testify-in-life-sentence-appeal\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T04:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T04:59:12","slug":"caroline-crouchs-killer-husband-persuades-parents-to-testify-in-life-sentence-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/caroline-crouchs-killer-husband-persuades-parents-to-testify-in-life-sentence-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Crouch’s killer husband ‘persuades’ parents to testify in life sentence appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Greek pilot who killed his British wife, Caroline Crouch, in May 2021 has convinced his parents to testify in his defence as he appeals his life sentence.<\/p>\n
At an appeal hearing in Athens today he told the court ‘I regret what I did’ and apologised to the family of his late wife.<\/p>\n
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 35, was sentenced to 27-and-a-half years for strangling his wife, 20, in front of their infant child at their home in Glyka Nera, Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 34-year-old staged a crime scene, where he tied himself up and hanged the couple’s dog, Roxy, from a bannister in a bid to throw police off the scent.\u00a0<\/p>\n Babis appeared at court after the trial was postponed when his\u00a0defence lawyer, Alexandros Papaioannidis, fell sick and was unable to attend on 24 April.<\/p>\n Babis is looking to convince the court that the murder of his wife was not premeditated but a ‘heat of the moment’ act.\u00a0<\/p>\n