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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Inside London's Billionaires Row: The Greek fashion tycoon's home that became a Reddit-famous murder scene on New Year's Day 1985

[Constantinou]ITN * A mile-long road in London has been the city's "Billionaires Row" since World War II: a destination for luxury, scandal, murder, and secrecy. * 66 The Bishops Avenue in 1985 became the scene of one of London's most famous unsolved murders. * Fashion tycoon Aristos Constantinou was shot with six bullets — four to the body, two to the head — in the family chapel.  * The case has become one of the most popular topics on Reddit's r/UnsolvedMysteries thread. * This post is part of an interactive series by Insider profiling Billionaires Row. Heath Lodge lies at the southern tip of The Bishops Avenue. It is the last of 66 mansions on a street famed for excess and decay, where many homes lies empty and dilapidated, yet still accruing value in London's burgeoning property market.SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDERNOW WATCH: 5 things about the NFL that football fans may not know SEE ALSO: * Inside London's Billionaires Row: This garish mansion has hosted Mikhail Gorbachev and Simon Cowell and was once Britain's most expensive home * Inside London's Billionaires Row: Salman Rushdie's one-time fortified safe house at 9 The Bishops Avenue * Inside London's Billionaires Row: The grand home of Britain's first porn baron, who quit school at 15, built a media empire, then sold it


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