Policeman wanted ‘extreme fantasies’

A SOCIAL worker accused of murdering a Scots policeman before dismembering his body claimed his alleged victim wanted to explore “extreme fantasies” with him.

Stefano Brizzi, 50, is alleged to have strangled 59-year-old Metropolitan Police officer Gordon Semple, originally from Inverness, at his flat in London on April 1 during a drug-fuelled sex session.

The Old Bailey has been told Mr Brizzi chopped up the body, before disposing of parts of it in the River Thames and trying to dissolve other bits in acid in his bathtub.

Mr Brizzi was asked by his defence barrister, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC: “Had you any intention of causing him real harm?” Mr Brizzi replied “None whatsoever.”

Asked why the officer was in his flat, he said: “For the purpose of having fun. For the purpose of a sex encounter, a casual sex encounter, like many are taking place in London.”

He accepted that he acted to dismember and to destroy his body.

Mr Brizzi, of Southwark, south London, denies murder but admits obstructing a Coroner.

The trial continues. MUSIC teacher Des McClean leads the way as pupils prepare to take centre stage at Glasgow’s City Halls.

Hundreds of young singers from Glasgow schools will perform with Bearsden Choir and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s orchestra on Sunday, thanks to a project supported by McCrea Financial Services.

Mr McClean, of St Andrew’s High School, was joined by pupils (from left) Nicholas MacDonald, Dorcas Baah, Chloe Hodgson and Alexander Geddes yesterday as rehearsals continued ahead of the big event.

Andrew Nunn, director of Bearsden Choir, said: “The opportunity here is to raise aspiration by creating a transformative experience for the pupils.

“We hope many will develop a lifelong love of singing, but more importantly show them that anything is possible.”