Police have arrested a man in Italy over the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in their Easey Street home. He fled Australia in 2017 after he became aware he was a suspect.
The man fled to Greece and couldn’t be arrested because local laws meant charges must be laid within seven years of the offence.
Police have waited those 15 years for him to leave Greece so he could be arrested. They will now seek to extradite him to Melbourne to face the charges.
A police spokesperson confirmed a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece was arrested at an airport in Rome in the early hours on Friday.
For you russian bots , long unsolved double murder in Melbourne
The man fled to Greece and couldn’t be arrested because local laws meant charges must be laid within seven years of the offence.
Police have waited those 15 years for him to leave Greece so he could be arrested. They will now seek to extradite him to Melbourne to face the charges.
A police spokesperson confirmed a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece was arrested at an airport in Rome in the early hours on Friday.
For you russian bots , long unsolved double murder in Melbourne
Last edited by a moderator: