Afghan migrant arrested over Athens suitcase murder is Christian aid worker
Police say CCTV shows Sharif Ahmadzai moving the suitcase and investigators allege he used the victim’s cards to withdraw £10,000.
- On Saturday, July 18, the body of Edinburgh native Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, was discovered inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Kypseli, leading to the arrest of 26-year-old Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai.
- Ahmadzai arrived in Greece in 2016 and won the Greek super lightweight boxing title in 2023, operating a refugee charity with his wife, US-born Alaina Hall, who allegedly held keys to the flat where Lisa stayed.
- CCTV footage from July 16 shows Ahmadzai wheeling a suitcase through Athens, and police allege he used the victim's mobile phone to impersonate her in messages while withdrawing £10,000 from her accounts.
- Preliminary reports suggest asphyxiation caused the death, and Alaina Hall reportedly provided investigators with location-sharing data showing her husband at the apartment on July 15 and 16, along with £2,550 in cash.
- Facing charges of intentional homicide, robbery, and weapons offenses, Ahmadzai remains in custody and is due to appear before magistrates in Athens; he denies murder, though police report he admitted to transporting the body.
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Red Cross deletes sympathetic film about Afghan migrant after he’s accused of murder
The Red Cross has deleted a sympathetic short film about an Afghan migrant now that said migrant has been outed as an alleged ruthless murderer. Afghan migrant Sharif Ahmadzai, a 26-year-old professional boxer who arrived in Greece by boat in 2016, has been accused of killing British aid worker Elisabeth-Jane Ross around July 15 and stuffing her body in a suitcase. Ross’s body was later discovered in the suitcase by a homeless man who found the …
The body of 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross was found last month by a homeless man in an abandoned building in the Kypseli area of Athens.
Afghan Migrant Facing Murder Charges Gets Bizarrely Positive Media Coverage
An Afghan migrant granted asylum in Greece appeared before an investigating magistrate in Athens on Wednesday, 5 August, accused of killing a Scottish charity worker, placing her body in a suitcase and abandoning it in a derelict building. Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, received another 24 hours to prepare his response and is due back on Thursday, when a decision on pre-trial detention is expected. Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, was found on 18 July wrapped in …
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