Ms Hyndman was admitted to hospital in Heraklion with abdominal pains on 16 May 2010 and died from acute peritonitis the following day.

BBC: Chelsea Hyndman and Luke Walker

Surrounded by the bleak concrete suburbs of Heraklion, Evans's extensive former estate, now the property of the Greek government, has become an archaeological park.

ECONOMIST: Bullshot

Taking the stand at Heraklion Mixed Criminal Court, Mr Walker, who claims he met Ms Hyndman in the resort in 2008, said his life changed forever when he realised his partner was seriously ill.

BBC: Chelsea Hyndman and Luke Walker

Although tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Mediterranean are smaller than the biggest ones around the Pacific rim, Magnitude 8 events have been recorded, such as the 1303 Crete quake whose tsunami devastated Heraklion and Alexandria.

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On the road from the Cretan port of Heraklion to the south coast, there is a Chinese shop in almost every settlement even, for example, in Agia Varvara, whose other features are one paved intersection, a bread shop and a garage.

ECONOMIST: The Greeks and the Chinese