TWISTED HUBBY CAUGHT OUT BY A WATCH

A botched burglary ended in murder, but was there more to the terrible home invasion?

-  LISA BROOKMAN 

Madly in love – that’s what people thought looking at photos of handsome helicopter pilot Babis and his beautiful wife, Caroline, on social media.

The couple met on the Greek island of Alonissos when Caroline was just 15.

Friends at first, Babis, then 29, flew his helicopter over Caroline’s school to impress her.

But when Caroline turned 16, their relationship became romantic.

Caroline was sure she’d met her soulmate and organised a dream beach wedding in July 2019, when she was 18.

After a miscarriage, it wasn’t long before the couple were blessed with a beautiful baby, Lydia. Husky puppy Roxy completed their picture-perfect life.

Caroline’s mother, Susan, visited and was delighted by how attentive Babis was. She and her husband, David, sent Caroline monthly money to help support their daughter.

But fate took a terrible turn in May 2021.

Babis frantically rang a neighbour telling them to call for help. When police arrived, they were met by a grisly scene. Roxy was hanging dead by her lead from a banister.

They discovered a terrified Babis, trussed up with rope and with duct tape over his eyes and mouth. And 19-year-old Caroline's lifeless body was on the bed with 11-month-old Lydia sobbing beside her.

Babis recounted how three vicious armed thieves had broken into the house at 5am, disabled a security camera and strangled Roxy.

He said they'd blindfolded and gagged him, then tied him to the bed and demanded the nearly $17,000 they nearly $17,000 they knew the couple had in the house. A terrified Babis told the robbers the money was in a Monopoly game box.