Major update in Caroline Crouch case as tragic murdered Brit mum’s body to be exhumed from her grave in Greece
THE remains of murdered Brit mum Caroline Crouch are set to be exhumed and reburied to stop her killer husband from accessing her grave.
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 35, was jailed for life for murdering the 20-year-old mum in front of their baby at their home in Glyka Nera, Greece, in May 2021.
The twisted killer was sent to maximum security prison Korydallos after being found guilty of strangling Caroline to death and killing her beloved dog before faking a botched break-in.
Caroline was buried in the cemetery of a hilltop church on the idyllic isle of Alonissos.
But a source told The Sun her remains will likely be disinterred by the end of the year at the request of her family, who fear her grave could be turned into a shrine by shameless Anagnostopoulos in the future.
Caroline will instead be laid to rest in the Philippines where her parents and daughter Lydia have resettled.
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The island’s mayor Petros Vafinis said: "They have decided to sell their house here where Caroline grew up.
"It has been up for sale for the last month. Potential buyers are looking at it."
Caroline’s mum, Susan, who is from the Philippines, moved back to Manila with Lydia after being granted custody of the youngster.
She was just 11 months old when cops found her lying next to her mum's dead body.
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Lydia is now being brought up by Susan, surrounded by cousins, in the family of her daughter Donna, a well-known artist who is married to a prominent businessman.
A friend, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "They have decided to sacrifice their entire life in Greece to bring up little Lydia in the comfort of family in the Philippines.
"Everyone on Alonissos is devastated that they have left."
Caroline's former home, built by her dad David, 79, has been put on the market for 500,000 Euros.
It comes after Anagnostopoulos's parents last month lost a court appeal for custody of Lydia.
Under the court order, Lydia's Greek grandparents have been granted just one hour of access to her "via Skype or other electronic means" each week.
Meanwhile, former helicopter pilot Anagnostopoulos has launched a bid to get his 27-year sentence cut short.
When the appeals court in Athens hears the case on April 24, his lawyer, Alexandros Papaioannidis, will argue that “mitigating circumstances should be taken into account” and his sentence should therefore be reduced.
He said: "We will argue there was no motive, that it happened when he was in a blurred state of mind, that it was not pre-meditated."
Caroline’s Liverpool-born dad, David, described his former son-in-law's appeal as “absolutely despicable".
He described Anagnostopoulos as a “weaselly b******” and said he would willingly execute him.
After killing Caroline, Anagnostopoulos played the role of grieving husband for 37 days, sobbing to reporters, visiting his wife's grave and even comforting her heartbroken parents.
He claimed Caroline was a victim of a ruthless gang that broke into their maisonette on the outskirts of Athens.
But his sick cover-up was rumbled after police pulled together a stack of digital evidence that disrupted his timeline of the alleged botched robbery.
It was only after eight hours of interrogation that he finally gave up the charade and confessed to the crime himself.
Babis was convicted in May last year of premeditated murder, animal abuse and two counts of perverting the course of justice.
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As well as being jailed for life, he was also handed and 11-year sentence for killing the dog and fined 21,000 Euros.
