Suzanne Eaton

Greek appeal court upholds life sentence for US biologist’s killer

A mixed-jury appeals court in Crete on Thursday upheld the guilty verdict and life sentence of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering 60-year-old American biologist Suzanne Eaton in Maleme in 2019.

A local man, Ioannis Paraskakis, was sentenced to life in prison in 2020 over the killing, with an additional 13 years for rape and four months for the possession of firearms.

Appeal trial over US biologist Suzanne Eaton’s murder to begin Thursday

The appeal against a first-instance court's verdict over the murder of American biologist Suzanne Eaton on the island of Crete in 2019 is set to begin at a court in Hania on Thursday.

A local man, Ioannis Paraskakis, was sentenced to life in prison in 2020 over the killing, with an additional 13 years for rape and four months for the possession of firearms.