Gordon Semple: Police officer's body disposed of 'Breaking Bad style'

A man accused of murdering PC Gordon Semple was a Breaking Bad-obsessed sado-masochist who strangled his victim.

Stefano Brizzi, 50, allegedly copied a plot from the hit American drama by dissolving PC Semple's body in a bath filled with acid.

The Old Bailey was told that PC Semple, 59, was on duty when he arranged to meet his alleged killer via Grindr.

Semple and Brizzi are said to have agreed to meet for "hot, dirty, sleazy" sex on April 1.

But when a third man arrived to join the party, Brizzi allegedly turned him away as he was in the middle of strangling PC Semple.

Brizzi is currently on trial for PC Semple's murder.

Over the next few days, neighbours on the south London estate noticed a "revolting smell" coming from Brizzi's flat.

When one complained, Brizzi put it down to cooking for a friend, jurors heard.

By April 7, a resident alerted police, who visited the flat and found Brizzi wearing only sunglasses and underpants.

They also found a bath full of acid with "globules of flesh" floating in it, the court heard.

Brizzi allegedly told an officer: "I've tried to dissolve the body ... I've killed a police officer. I killed him last week. I met him on Grindr and I killed him. Satan told me to".

Jurors were told that Brizzi claims PC Semple died accidentally during a "sex game gone wrong".

Opening the trial, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC urged jurors to have "broad minds and strong stomachs".

Brizzi was said to be "obsessed" with the American show Breaking Bad, jurors heard.

Mr Aylett said the main character, chemistry teacher Walter White, produced crystal meth and, after poisoning a rival, dissolved the body in acid.

Brizzi denies murder but has admitted obstructing a coroner by dismembering and disposing of the body.