BOND STAR KILLED BY SEX ORGY DRUG
Court told victim was lured for kinky romps
AN actor who worked alongside Daniel Craig on the Bond movie Skyfall died after he was given an overdose of the gay sex orgy drug GHB, a court heard.
A BOND film actor was killed by an overdose of chemsex drug GHB after hooking up with a fraudster on Grindr, a court has heard.
Eric Michels, 54, who had an uncredited role in 2012’s Skyfall, was allegedly murdered by Gerald Matovu, 25, at his home in Chessington, in August last year.
Over 19 months, Matovu and his lover Brandon Dunbar, 23, took advantage of 12 gay men, it was claimed.
Opening their trial, Jonathan Rees QC said: “The prosecution say that the defendants, often working together, took advantage of hook-ups and dates, arranged with other gay men through apps, such as Grindr, to steal their property and take pics of their bank cards and other documents for the purposes of fraud.
Relationship
“In the course of their activities, some of their targets were drugged to facilitate these dishonest activities and one of those, a 54-year-old male, was killed by an overdose of a gamma hydroxybutyrate – GHB.
“During a 19-month period, it appears the two defendants were close friends and involved in an intimate relationship.
“The prosecution evidence in this case focuses on 12 gay men, who met up with one or both of the defendants with a view to having sex, and ended up being the victims of their criminal enterprise.”
Nine of the men met both defendants while the remaining three only met Matovu, the court was told.
Photos
In total, 10 of them had property stolen during encounters and all but one had photos taken of their bank cards and personal documents for later use in fraud, jurors heard.
Eight men were drugged in order to knock them out, five of which had their drinks spiked, and one had drugs injected into his anus without his consent, Mr Rees said.
Along with the murder charge Matovu, of Southwark, south London, denies 13 other charges.
Dunbar, of Forest Gate, east London, denies 21 charges.
The case continues.