Babis Anagnostopoulos put on a show for media. Photo / Proto Thema
Babis Anagnostopoulos put on a show for media. Photo / Proto Thema
A Greek man has confessed to murdering his young British wife, admitting he strangled the mother-of-one when she threatened to leave him.
The death of Caroline Crouch spawned headlines around the world, millions shocked by a tale of home invasion, brutal violence and a young mother stolen from her family.
It was all a lie.
Babis Anagnostopoulos told police that he was tied up and forced to listen helplessly as his wife was tortured and killed at their home in Athens last month.
Caroline Crouch and her husband Charalambos Anagnostopoulos pose with their child in a photo posted to social media. Photo / Instagram
He claimed that he struggled but was overcome and tied to a chair while the mystery assailants robbed the home and killed his wife, leaving the couple's infant daughter screaming beside her mother's body.
"When I managed to break free, I rushed upstairs to the attic to find my wife on the floor facing down, and the baby next to her wailing," he told police.
A strangely impassive Anagnostopoulos returned to the property later on the day of the attack and gave a statement to waiting media.
"They will be caught. The police know how to do their job. We asked them not to hurt us.
