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The ex-boyfriend of a Scottish mum who died on a Greek island 16 years ago is to stand trial for her murder , the Sunday Mail can reveal.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons but whose identity is known to the Sunday Mail, has been accused of the murder of Jean Hanlon after a long campaign for justice by her family.

Jean’s body was found in Crete’s Heraklion harbour in 2009 and her three sons have always believed the 53-year-old, from Dumfries, was murdered.

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Last year they hired private investigator Haris Fluskounis who used details of Jean’s diary to identify a potential suspect before passing his findings to Greek prosecutors.

The man, 54, who is originally from Crete, is understood to have been charged in January.

However in August th

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