Victim ‘filmed his own murder’ during sex game
A GAY loner inadvertently filmed his own murder during a bondage sex session, a court heard.
Jurors at the Old Bailey watched footage of Peter Fasoli, 58, a computer repairman, begging for his life as he was allegedly attacked by Jason Marshall, a fantasist posing as a fake policeman.
Mr Fasoli was tied up, gagged and eventually smothered with cling film and a plastic bag, while Classic FM played on the radio.
In order to cover his tracks, Mr Marshall, 28, then set fire to his victim’s one bedroom bungalow, the jury was told, and the death was put down to an accident.
Two years later a relative discovered footage of the alleged murder on a computer hard drive, the court heard.
On the opening day of the trial, prosecutor Edward Brown QC, described Mr Marshall as a “calculated and determined” killer.
The jury heard how the defendant first made contact with Mr Fasoli via a gay social networking site in December 2012. But after entering his home, he invented the persona of a “law enforcement operative” and sought to dominate and ultimately murder his victim.
During sexual role play, Marshall stripped the victim and arrested him for “being a spy” and hacking into a Government laptop. The footage showed Mr Fasoli become visibly distressed as he was gagged and bound. He was threatened with a hunting knife and forced to hand over his pin numbers.
After Mr Fasoli’s death, an investigation concluded it had been an accident and he had died in a fire sparked by a faulty light, which may have fallen onto his bed.
Mr Fasoli’s nephew, Christopher Murgatroyd, discovered the footage when examining his uncle’s firedamaged computer during research on their family tree in Nov 2014. He was horrified to discover the video of his uncle’s death.
Marshall, of East Ham, east London, denies murder and the case continues.