Greek pilot who murdered his wife in front of baby ‘has been attacked in prison’

Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, had begged to not be transferred to the jail the place he was allegedly attacked after receiving dying threats (Image:AP)

A Greek man jailed for suffocating his spouse to dying in entrance of their child lady has been attacked by an inmate who needed to kill him, it has been claimed.

Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was serving a life sentence for the homicide of 20-year-old Caroline Crouch at their house in a well-to-do a part of Athens in Might final yr.

He pressed a pillow onto her head as she slept with 11-month-old Lydia close by earlier than staging the crime scene to look as if they'd been focused by a gang of violent burglars.

The pilot advised detectives he had been sure and gagged by three Albanians who made off with £40,000 in money and jewelry.

However his story was rumbled once they discovered information on his smartwatch proving he had been going backwards and forwards from his attic and basement.

The alleged jail assault got here simply weeks into Anagnostopoulos’ life sentence, and solely days after he was moved from a high-security jail in Athens to a different facility in central Greece.

Guards solely narrowly managed to tug the inmate off earlier than he inflicted extra critical accidents, in accordance with his lawyer, Alexandros Papaioannidis.

Mr Papaioannidis advised The Solar: ‘Studies that he mentioned “I need to kill him. I got here from one other jail. I’ve been searching for him” are true.

Caroline, 20, was discovered lifeless within the household’s house in Athens final yr

‘He's very fearful the brand new jail homes round 900 hardened criminals and may be very exhausting, very powerful.’

Native media reported that Anagnostopoulos had pleaded to not be transferred, citing dying threats and safety considerations.

He's mentioned to have spent his first few days on the new jail in solitary confinement earlier than being positioned in a cell with three different convicts.

The assassin, who admitted to the crime final June, is ready to attraction his sentence by claiming judges had been fallacious to reject his declare that he had acted ‘within the warmth of the second’ after an argument with Caroline over their daughter.

He may even argue that testimony given by the couple’s marriage counsellor must be struck off as she was not ‘certified’ to offer it.

The judges had unanimously agreed the 34-year-old was ‘aware of his actions all through’ the homicide.