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Caroline Crouch’s dad says he would’ve ‘blown killer’s lying head off’ if he hadn’t been fooled by ‘consummate acting’

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CAROLINE Crouch's tormented dad says he would have "blown her killer's head off" if he'd known the sickening truth.

The 20-year-old Brit was smothered to death by husband Charalambos "Babis" Anagnostopoulos on May 11 as their one-year-old daughter Lydia lay nearby.

Caroline Crouch with baby Lydia and husband Charalambos 'Babis' Anagnostopoulos Credit: Social Media - Refer to Source 4

Anagnostopoulos escorted by police officers as he arrives at court Credit: AP

He then strangled their puppy Roxy before telling cops they were the victims of a botched break-in at home in Athens.

But Anagnostopoulos later confessed after more than eight hours of interrogation - with cops describing him as a "top class actor".

Caroline’s retired oil exec dad David, 78, has now spoken of his anguish after they comforted each other at Caroline's funeral.

He and wife Susan later discovered cops had taken Anagnostopoulos from his daughter's memorial service to confront him with evidence proving he was the killer.

David told the Daily Mail: "I said at the time that had I known what he had done when he was here, I would have blown his lying head right off his shoulders and gladly taken the consequences.

"I feel exactly the same today and I know that I will feel this way for the rest of my life."

'COWARD'

The grieving dad also claimed Anagnostopoulos attacked his daughter when she was asleep because otherwise she would have fought back.

He said: "This is the action of a coward - my daughter had a black belt in kickboxing and he would know that he was no match for her when she was awake."

David said he and Susan learned of Caroline’s death from neighbours on Greek island Alonissos.

He said: "I’ll never forget how I felt. It was as if an icy hand had reached inside my chest and gripped my heart. It was the worst day of my life."

My daughter had a black belt in kickboxing and he would know that he was no match for her when she was awake.

David Crouch

The heartbroken dad said he has been left with a burden of anger and grief.

"The sickness that afflicts me is of the heart. It is broken over the loss of

my daughter," he said.

But David said his main focus is to provide the "very best life" for his baby granddaughter - although he worries he won't be around for very long to help raise her.

"I am not a young man and all of us are mortal," he said.

"I have a deep-seated worry that I may not be able to provide for Lydia in those years when she may need the most support.

"My one aim right now is to give the very best life to the child of my wonderful daughter."

He added: "Both Susan and I will spend the rest of our lives making sure that justice is done and ensuring that Caroline’s little daughter Lydia is brought up with all the advantages that we can give her and that the memories of her mother live forever."

While David and Susan are currently seeking sole custody of Lydia through the Greek courts, the couple speak to Anagnostopoulos's mum "almost every day".

He added: "She, of course, is quite blameless but is being made to suffer for the sins of her son."

CAROLINE'S DIARY

David believes there was “some foundation” to rumours in the Greek press that the killer pilot was also linked to drug smuggling.

He said Caroline had a strong “sense of right and wrong” and would have threatened to leave him had she found out he was involved.

Sources claimed the Brit mum was ''shocked by something terrible before she was killed'' and her coded diary might give the answers.