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PC Semple murder: Witness heard 'someone throwing up on the carpet' | PC Semple murder: Witness heard 'someone throwing up on the carpet' |
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A partygoer who called at the home of a man allegedly strangling PC Gordon Semple has told a court he thought someone was "throwing up on the carpet". | A partygoer who called at the home of a man allegedly strangling PC Gordon Semple has told a court he thought someone was "throwing up on the carpet". |
The man arrived at Stefano Brizzi's London flat for a sex party on the night of the alleged murder. | The man arrived at Stefano Brizzi's London flat for a sex party on the night of the alleged murder. |
Mr Brizzi denies murder but has admitted disposing of PC Semple's body. | Mr Brizzi denies murder but has admitted disposing of PC Semple's body. |
The witness said he arranged to go to the flat on 1 April but got lost on the Peabody Estate. | The witness said he arranged to go to the flat on 1 April but got lost on the Peabody Estate. |
Eventually he found the flat and told the jury: "I just remember standing in front of the building door ringing his flat buzzer. | Eventually he found the flat and told the jury: "I just remember standing in front of the building door ringing his flat buzzer. |
"I was trying to understand why it was taking so long." | |
Referred to as CD, he told the jury Mr Brizzi spoke first explaining that they had "kind of a situation here". | Referred to as CD, he told the jury Mr Brizzi spoke first explaining that they had "kind of a situation here". |
The witness added that Mr Brizzi said somebody was feeling ill or unwell but "not to worry because they were taking care of it, whoever was there". | The witness added that Mr Brizzi said somebody was feeling ill or unwell but "not to worry because they were taking care of it, whoever was there". |
"I asked if there was anything I could do to help and he said no, everything was under control but our party is cancelled", witness CD told the jury. | "I asked if there was anything I could do to help and he said no, everything was under control but our party is cancelled", witness CD told the jury. |
"He sounded concerned, a little bit upset. He did not sound too worried. | "He sounded concerned, a little bit upset. He did not sound too worried. |
"To be honest, I thought when I left, somebody was throwing up on his carpet." | "To be honest, I thought when I left, somebody was throwing up on his carpet." |
The witness, giving evidence anonymously, told jurors they rescheduled their date for the following Friday night, but Mr Brizzi did not confirm. | The witness, giving evidence anonymously, told jurors they rescheduled their date for the following Friday night, but Mr Brizzi did not confirm. |
'Satan told me to' | |
The court has previously heard Mr Brizzi may have cooked and eaten parts of Mr Semple after strangling him. | |
Giving evidence earlier, the police officer who found his remains told the jury the flat smelt strongly of chemicals and "gone off meat". | |
PC Charlotte Edwards said the bath was full of "flesh globules" floating in murky turquoise water. | |
She added the floor was covered in a "layer of slime". | |
The defendant allegedly told the officer he had "tried to dissolve the body" and that he had flushed "flabbery bits" - taken to mean internal organs - down the toilet five minutes before, the court heard. | |
PC Edwards said Mr Brizzi had told her: "I've killed a police officer. Satan told me to." | |
She told jurors he told her a voice told him to "kill kill kill". | |
She said, he then told her: "I didn't know he was a police officer until after I killed him." | |
The court heard Mr Brizzi told her he had written about Satan as a fetish online, saying: "I'm from a Catholic family so when I found out I was gay I found out I was from Satan." | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |