A police officer was strangled and his body dismembered and partially dissolved in a bath of acid, a court has heard.<\/p>\n
The Old Bailey was told PC Gordon Semple, 59, had made a date with his alleged murderer Stefano Brizzi on the dating app Grindr.<\/p>\n
The policeman then went to Mr Brizzi’s flat in south London for sex on 1 April, the jury heard.<\/p>\n
Mr Brizzi denies murder claiming the PC died accidentally during a sex game.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told jurors the case called for “broad minds and strong stomachs”.\u00a0PC Semple had been in a relationship but was “sexually promiscuous” and used the dating app for \u201cextreme\u201d sexual encounters.<\/p>\n
PC Semple, originally from Inverness, shared an interest in sado-masochistic sex with his alleged killer, jurors at the Old Bailey were told.<\/p>\n
While he was on duty, the officer texted the Italian Stefano Brizzi\u00a0and arranged to go to his flat for “hot, dirty, sleazy” sex, the court heard.<\/p>\n
They had also arranged for other men to come to the flat for a sex party, the jury heard.<\/p>\n
The Old Bailey was told that hours later, Mr Brizzi was allegedly in the middle of throttling him when a man turned up on his doorstep. The man was put off by the defendant by saying someone was “ill”, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Over the next few days, neighbours noticed a “revolting smell” coming from the flat and when one complained, Mr Brizzi put it down to cooking for a friend, the prosecution said.<\/p>\n
By 7 April, a neighbour alerted police, who visited the flat and found Mr Brizzi wearing only sunglasses and underpants.<\/p>\n
They also found a bath full of acid with “globules of flesh” floating in it, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Mr Brizzi was said to be obsessed with the US television drama Breaking Bad.<\/p>\n
The prosecution told the court his attempt to dissolve the body in an acid bath was inspired by the plot from the hit drama.<\/p>\n
He allegedly told an officer: “I’ve tried to dissolve the body … I’ve killed a police officer.<\/p>\n
“I killed him last week. I met him on Grindr and I killed him. Satan told me to.”<\/p>\n
Jurors were told that the defendant was not claiming a psychiatric defence and now says PC Semple died accidentally during a “sex game gone wrong”.<\/p>\n
The court heard that Mr Brizzi was a user of crystal meth which had lead him to lose his job at US investment bank Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n
He allegedly told a support group he believed in the Devil, and liked “satanic rituals”.<\/p>\n
The court heard he also liked to boast of his sexual exploits and told one meeting he had tied a man up, treated him like a dog and made him go into a cage.<\/p>\n
Mr Brizzi denies murder but has admitted a second charge of obstructing a coroner in the execution of duty between 31 March and 8 April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"