The private detective who identified a suspect in the death of a mum on Crete 15 years ago has said her family must brace themselves for a final battle for justice.
Haris Fluskounis was called in by the family of Jean Hanlon, 53, from Dumfries, who have always believed their mum was murdered after her body was found in Heraklion harbour in 2009.
Athens-based Haris, re-examined evidence after taking up the cold case and in June handed a 29-page dossier to prosecutors after using details of her diary to identify the man.
Last week, the 54-year-old man, who cannot be identified, was questioned by police. Her family now expect him to be charged and for the case to go to trial. Haris hopes Jean’s family will finally see justice.
He said: “No woman deserves such an end.
“He is some-one fully aware of his actions, without a trace of remorse, and repeatedly attempted to mislead me about what really happened.
Jean’s son Michael is grateful she kept the diary.
He said: “It’s from mum’s diary, we know it was a brief relationship which Mum was in for a short period. Then she rejected him.
“But he kept pushing, He stalked her and became very possessive over her. He’s been jealous.
“He always wanted to meet. I think this time she has thought, ‘OK, he’s taking me out. I’ll go meet and tell him it is over’. He is saying that never happened. If he was telling the truth, why would Mum’s diary have meetings, dates?”
The Sunday Mail contacted the Greek authorities and police for comment.
They did not respond.
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