"It was an absolutely gruesome, horrific, frenzied homicide," police said after Perry Kouroumblis was arrested.

Nearly 48 years after two women were stabbed to death in their Melbourne home, the man accused of carrying out the killings has been charged and faced court for the first time.

Suspect in 1977 Easey Street murders case extradited from Italy - Perry Kouroumblis, 65, has never been charged for brutal killing of two women and denies involvement

Less than 24 hours after arriving in Melbourne, Perry Kouroumblis will face court over the alleged brutal double murder.

A man is set to be charged with the murder of two women after he was extradited from Rome to Australia almost 47 years after one of the country’s most notable cold cases.

Kouroumblis was arrested at Rome’s Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in September over the alleged slaying of Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, in January 1977. Dubbed the “Easey Street murders”, the friends were found dead with more than two dozen stab wounds in their home on Easey Street in Collingwood in Melbourne’s inner north.

The man accused of the 1977 Easey Street killings has faced court from behind glass, almost 50 years after the slaying of two women.Perry Kouroumblis, 65, sat between two security guards at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon,

The prime suspect in the 1977 Easey Street double-murder investigation, Perry Kouroumblis, has landed in Melbourne.Under police guard, Mr Kouroumblis touched down at Melbourne Airport late on Tuesday night after flying from Italy,

Charges have been laid over one of Australia's most high-profile cold case murders, with a man extradited from Italy charged with rape and two counts of murder.

A man wanted over one of Australia's most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett,