Perry Kouroumblis, extradited from Italy, appeared in court facing charges for the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in Melbourne. The case has been reopened after nearly five decades with significant work from detectives.
Almost 50 years after the alleged murder of her sister, Gayle Armstrong sat in a courtroom with the man accused of the Easey Street killings.
“ half ecstatic, very scared, and very appreciative to our detectives who have worked so hard these last few years,” Gayle Armstrong said on the court steps after the hearing.“Those detectives have just done a miracle job.” Those officers included Detective Sergeant Paul Rowe, who sat with Kouroumblis on his flight back to Australia.
The Easey Street cold case burst back into the headlines in September when Italian authorities arrested Kouroumblis upon his arrival on a flight from Greece. Within days, he agreed to be extradited to Australia, marking a major milestone for Victoria Police in one of their highest-priority cases. Kouroumblis – who had been living in Athens – could not be extradited from Greece as under that country’s laws charges must be laid within 20 years of an alleged offence. Attempts through diplomatic channels to have him returned to Melbourne failed, and he was put on an international watch list– leading to his arrest in Rome.
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