A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.
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A man has been arrested in Italy over the
infamous Easey Street murders in inner-city Melbourne almost 50 years ago.
A 65-year-old man, who is a dual citizen of Australia and Greece, was nabbed at an airport in Rome on Thursday night, with a charge and warrant placed for his arrest.
The arrest follows a decades-long investigation by Victoria Police's Homicide Squad, following the murders of housemates Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, who were found dead at their home in Easey Street, Collingwood on January 13, 1977.
The man remains in custody, with Victoria Police now working to seek his extradition to Victoria
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