Caroline Crouch’s husband arrives at court in bullet-proof vest surrounded by armed cops to face murder charge

He requested an extension of the deadline which was accepted and he is expected to present his defence on Tuesday.

According to his attorney, Vasilis Spyrou, Babis is "shocked by Caroline's death" but he believes his client is "relieved" everything has come to light, reports .

Meanwhile, Babis remains in custody at Hellenic Police Attica Headquarters.

Cops issued an arrest warrant because they feared he would attempt to flee the country as he is a pilot and financially stable.

Police spent weeks searching for fictional Albanian criminals Babis claimed had broken into his home and strangled his wife to death.

"The culprit is her 33-year-old husband who has confessed to the act," the authorities said in a statement released at 9.36 PM local time yesterday.

Police have described him as a "top class actor" after staging the elaborate crime scene and keeping up with the sick charade as the grieving widower for over a month.

One of the police officers said he saw Anagnostopoulos acting "strangely" and took the child from his arms.

Cops claimed the family home was staged to look as though it had been ransacked, a common trademark of burglars.

According to Protothema, President of Police N / A Attica George Kalliakmanis said that one of his colleagues said she had a feeling that something wasn't right when they arrived at the crime scene - suspecting Anagnostopoulos from the start.

The disgraced helicopter pilot even drowned the family dog and hung its body from a stair banister to blame it on the burglars and strengthen his story, investigators said.

According to reports, Babis eventually broke down saying: "That night we had been arguing from early on.

"At some point she threw the child in her cot and she told me to get up and leave the house.

"She pushed me and punched me. My judgement became blurred, I strangled her and then I staged the robbery."

It comes as:

• Caroline's husband confessed to killing his wife after she "vowed to leave with their baby."
• He was described as a "top actor" as he hugged Caroline's mum at her funeral
• Timeline reveals Caroline fought her husband for ten minutes after her pulse stopped
• There were five clues that exposed the killer husband- from the fitness tracker to Caroline's pulse monitor
• An expert revealed the body language signs that exposed the killer's lies.

Police had apparently suspected Babis based on a barrage of new evidence, but in order for him not to "take fright" accepted his request to remain on the Greek island of Alonissos - where Caroline was buried in May - so that he could attend a memorial service in her honour on Wednesday. 

Some of the new evidence came from the pilot's own mobile phone.

Local media said police were closer than ever before to tracking the killer although they did not elaborate. 

Greek police have faced criticism for taking too long to make a breakthrough.

Suggestions of the pilot being among a list of potential suspects have so far always been rebuffed.

On June 4, it emerged that no DNA was found underneath Caroline's fingernails in another blow to the hung for the sadistic thieves who tortured the mum.

Meanwhile, calls also mounted on June 4 for the psychologist who says she had been treating Caroline to prove she is a certified practitioner.

The Association of Greek Psychologists gave Eleni Mylonopoulou two days to provide documents proving she is registered doctor after she shocked the profession by talking openly about the couple on TV. 

The Romanian-trained medic is among the array of witnesses who so far have given testimony to police.

The Brit student had reportedly been treated by Mylonopoulou after she gave birth.