The extradition will still need the final approval from a Rome judge which is expected to be within days.
The justice system has been blinded by science before. In Victoria,suspects were previously wrongly convicted based on what appeared to be black-and-white results.
Perry Kouroumblis was lured to Rome from his home in Greece for a potential property deal before being arrested on his arrival,his family says.
Detectives work on facts but every now and again,you need a bit of luck to get the break.
One of Italy’s leading international lawyers says the accused double murderer’s consent to be extradited to Australia for a 47-year-old cold case is “absurd”.
A “distressed” Perry Kouroumblis has agreed to be extradited to Melbourne,telling an Italian court that he intends to fight to clear his name,his court-appointed lawyer said.
Perry Kouroumblis is in custody at Rome’s crammed Regina Coeli prison awaiting an extradition hearing,but it could be months before he faces court in Victoria.
The Age crime columnist unpacks the major breakthrough in the notorious Easey Street cold case – and takes us behind the scenes of the long police operation that led to it.
When Perry Kouroumblis moved to Greece in 2017,it was for compassionate reasons,leaving friends baffled about how he could now be accused of a brutal double murder.
Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons,as authorities fight to bring him to Australia.
Unfounded tip-offs wasted police time,wrongly pointing the finger at dozens of men in the case,including late motor racing legend Peter Brock.