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See the full story · 2 sourcesPolice officers wearing balaclavas escort the man suspected of killing a British tourist to a car, after he appeared before a prosecutor in a court in Athens on Aug 5.
Listen ATHENS – A Greek court ordered that a 26-year-old Afghan boxer accused of killing a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens be held in jail pending trial after he refused to enter a plea on Aug 6, legal and police sources said.
The man, accused of manslaughter, robbery and illegal gun possession, exercised his right to silence and did not respond to the charges as toxicological test results are still pending, the legal source said.
The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross , a 38-year-old certified psychotherapist and volunteer aid worker, was found on July 18 in a suitcase on an abandoned construction site after she had been missing for three days.
The suspect, who police officials describe as a professional boxer from Afghanistan who was granted asylum in Greece, was arrested on Aug 2 . He has denied wrongdoing, police officials told Reuters.
He told police earlier that he found Ross’ body in an apartment bathroom, panicked, placed it in a suitcase and tried to dispose of it, police officials said.
A post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death due to decomposition, but the report writers did not rule out asphyxiation, a police source said. REUTERS
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