Afghan boxer arrives at Greek court in connection with death of Scottish woman

What the report says

Sharif Ahmadzai, a 26-year-old Afghan man, arrived at a court in Athens on 5 August in connection with the death of Scottish aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross, according to BBC World News. He was taken to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Athens Court of First Instance, where he was expected to be formally charged later the same day. The BBC reported that he had been arrested on suspicion of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences.

Ross, who was from Edinburgh and known to friends and family as Lisa, was found dead in a suitcase at an abandoned building on 18 July, days after being reported missing. Greek police said she had arrived in Greece on 26 June and had stayed in the Kertasini area of Piraeus until 10 July. The report said she had been volunteering with a refugee support group in Athens.

Investigators had initially been unable to determine a cause of death, but later examinations concluded that her death was an “obvious criminal act,” likely asphyxiation, BBC World News reported. The hearing was expected to take place in private. The case has drawn attention in Greece and Scotland because it involves the death of a volunteer aid worker and a suspect now facing serious criminal allegations.