Brit OAP, 87, arrested for attempted murder in Greece after ‘trying to suffocate bedridden wife, 89, with pillow’
A BRITISH pensioner has been arrested after allegedly trying to suffocate his wife to death with a pillow in Greece.
The 87-year-old reportedly attacked his sick and bedridden spouse, 89, in Paleo Faliro just outside of Athens.
She was rushed to Janeio hospital, local media reports.
The Brit was arrested on Sunday for attempted murder after allegedly attacking his wife in the flat they shared, Protothema reports.
He then reportedly went to another flat on a different floor of their building to tell a friend what he had done.
This second man's girlfriend called the police and when they arrived at the apartment they found the wife lying naked on their bed.
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The unnamed OAP apparently told police his wife asked him to suffocate her because she had been unwell and confined to bed for so long.
Her condition is unknown.
Cops have launched an investigation.