Article 5EW81 Body of man killed in Greece in 2018 is returned home to UK

Body of man killed in Greece in 2018 is returned home to UK

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Helen Pidd North of England editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#5EW81)

Family learned of Lee Robinson's death 16 months later after DNA match on Interpol database

The body of a man who was murdered in Greece has arrived back home in Manchester after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle.

Lee Robinson, 41, was stabbed to death on the streets of Athens in December 2018. His family in Manchester were only told of his murder 16 months later after a DNA match on the Interpol database. By then he had been buried in an unmarked grave, as the Greek authorities had been unable to identify him.

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