Man taken in for questioning of Glyka Nera murder case

Detectives investigating the savage murder of a British mother during a burglary in Athens have arrested a Georgian man on the Bulgarian border. 

The unnamed man has been linked to another violent break-in at a house near the affluent Athens suburb where Caroline Crouch, 20, was strangled to death in front of her 11-month-old daughter Lydia.

A police source said DNA analysis suggested he was one of five people who tied up an old couple and their cleaning lady in a burglary in Pikermi on March 7.

The home is just 20 minutes drive from Glyka Nera, where Caroline was murdered while her husband, helicopter pilot Charalambos Anagnostopolous was tied up and gagged.

The man was arrested in Evros, in the far north-east of Greece, which is the main route to Bulgaria, local newspaper Vima reporter.

The suspect, who was travelling by car, was held following a routine police stop to cross check his identification when they discovered he was travelling on a fake passport.

He was arrested and taken to the local police station.

The development comes as it is revealed that Caroline’s husband, who is known as Babis, has helped police identify two of the weapons carried by the raiders.

He said the burglars carried a silver Colt and a black pistol.

Police said the weapons were unusual to find in Greece and believe tracing them could prove vital in identifying Miss Crouch’s killers.