The crime, known as the "Easey Street murders," became Melbourne's longest and most serious cold case, but no one had been arrested until now.

Italian news agency ANSA reports that a man suspected of the brutal killing of two women in Australia almost a half-century ago has been arrested in Rome on an international arrest warrant.

A man suspected of the brutal murder of two women in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 has been detained in Rome on an international arrest warrant, sources said on Saturday. The 65-year-old suspect, who has Greek and Australian citizenship,

The sister of one of the women killed in one of Victoria's most infamous cold cases has said she always knew an arrest would one day be made. A man was arrested in Italy as part of the investigation into the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett at their home on Easey Street,

Police were looking for the man arrested over the 'Easey Street murders' for years, as the victim's families revealed they never gave up hope.

A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.