Accused Easey Avenue double assassin Perry Kouroumblis has agreed to be extradited to Australia, telling a courtroom listening to in Rome he was harmless of the infamous 1977 crime and intends to struggle to clear his identify, his court-appointed lawyer stated.
The 65-year-old twin Australian-Greek citizen appeared earlier than a Justice of the Peace by way of video hyperlink from a Rome jail cell on Monday, the place he indicated he wouldn’t struggle a Victorian police request for him to be flown again to Australia for questioning.
Kouroumblis is needed over the deaths of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in a home in Collingwood virtually 50 years in the past. Victorian authorities should make a proper extradition request to Italian judicial authorities.
No costs have been laid and, if they’re, they may have to be confirmed in an Australian courtroom.
Kouroumblis was arrested in Rome final week after arriving on a flight from Athens, the place he has been residing since 2017.
His public defender Serena Tucci stated his go to to Italy was business-related and never a vacation.
She advised The Age Kouroumblis was “distressed” and “emotional” about his arrest and had not understood why he had not been beforehand arrested in Athens.
She stated he remained in good situation contained in the packed jail, regardless of the circumstances.
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