11 March 2023 , 17:41
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The parents of killer husband Babis Anagnostopoulos have lost their legal battle to win custody of the couple's daughter.
Anagnostopoulos, 34, was jailed for murdering his British wife Caroline Crouch in May 2021.
The killer butchered his wife in front of their child by strangling her to death at their home in Glyka Nera, Greece, but that didn't stop his parents from launching a legal challenge for custody of little Lydia.
Caroline was just 20 when she died. Her dog Roxy was also killed as Anagnostopoulos attempted to stage a break-in of their home.
The jailed Greek even hanged Roxy from a bannister in his attempt to cover his tracks.
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Anagnostopoulos started pursuing Caroline when she was 15 (Babis Anagnostopoulos/Instagram)Anagnostopoulos' family hoped to bring Lydia back to Greece, but will instead stay in the Philippines with
Lawyer for the Crouch family Thanassis Haramanis said the result of the custody battle is what the family "wanted in every way."
Haramanis told The Sun: "The little girl will now live in peace with Caroline’s sister and mother, Susan, in the Philippines.
Caroline was discovered dead with her baby next to her (Caroline Crouch/Instagram)"Lydia could not be more happy there."
Anagnostopoulos' family have been granted just one hour of access to their granddaughter "via Skype or other electronic means" every week.
The former pilot's brutal crime earned him a life sentence with an additional 11 years for perverting the course of justice, but he now hopes to get his sentence reduced.
Haramanis added they will fight the attempt by Anagnostopoulos to get his 27-year sentence reduced.
Caroline died in May 2021Anagnostopoulosis now ar the maximum security Korydallos Prison near Athens, considered one of Europe's worst jails with overcrowding and violence.
Caroline's dad David, who still lives in Greece despite his Liverpudlian roots, said the killer's appeal was "despicable" and "beyond contempt."
He said to Greek media: "It is absolutely despicable that my daughter's killer is trying to get his prison sentence reduced because of his 'good behaviour.'
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Anagnostopoulos tried to pin his wife's death on a gang (Babis Anagnostopoulos/Instagram)
Anagnostopoulos was jailed in 2021 (Getty Images)"The crime committed by the murderer, that of femicide, is a heinous crime that should deserve particularly severe punishment.
"In my opinion, men who kill their wives, for whatever reason, are the lowest of the low, ranking alongside paedophiles.
"I think it will be a sad day for women when the murderer of a defenceless woman who slept with her child will serve less than his full prison sentence.
'This man is beyond contempt,' Caroline's dad said (pixel8000)"This man is beyond contempt."
Lawyers for the murderer said their client's crime was conducted in the "heat of the moment" after his heinous crime was discovered.
As he tried to claim his innocence, Anagnostopoulosis cried in front of TV cameras, visited his partner's grave and even claimed his wife's death was at the hands of an Albanian gang.
He finally confessed after around eight hours of interrogation following repeated police doubts over the legitimacy of his account.