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| Stefano Brizzi: Breaking Bad 'inspired' body disposal | Stefano Brizzi: Breaking Bad 'inspired' body disposal |
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| A man accused of murdering a policeman has said his attempt to dissolve the officer's body in an acid bath was inspired by TV show Breaking Bad. | A man accused of murdering a policeman has said his attempt to dissolve the officer's body in an acid bath was inspired by TV show Breaking Bad. |
| Stefano Brizzi, 50, is accused of strangling PC Gordon Semple, 59, before dismembering him. | Stefano Brizzi, 50, is accused of strangling PC Gordon Semple, 59, before dismembering him. |
| At the Old Bailey, prosecutors accused him of "living out an episode" of the US drama, in which a body is "got rid of" by dissolving it in acid. | At the Old Bailey, prosecutors accused him of "living out an episode" of the US drama, in which a body is "got rid of" by dissolving it in acid. |
| Mr Brizzi denies murder but admits obstructing a coroner. | Mr Brizzi denies murder but admits obstructing a coroner. |
| The Italian national said he "panicked" and felt "paranoid" after PC Semple, from Greenhithe, Kent, died during a "sex game gone wrong" at his south London flat. | |
| 'No rationality' | 'No rationality' |
| During cross-examination, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC asked Mr Brizzi - who has admitted using crystal meth - about his "obsession" with Breaking Bad. | During cross-examination, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC asked Mr Brizzi - who has admitted using crystal meth - about his "obsession" with Breaking Bad. |
| He suggested Mr Brizzi had been inspired by an episode of the show - about a chemistry teacher who makes a fortune manufacturing the drug - where character Jesse Pinkman attempts to dissolve a body in a bath. | He suggested Mr Brizzi had been inspired by an episode of the show - about a chemistry teacher who makes a fortune manufacturing the drug - where character Jesse Pinkman attempts to dissolve a body in a bath. |
| "I accept I considered without any rationality at all. I think I was inspired by that idea," Mr Brizzi said. | "I accept I considered without any rationality at all. I think I was inspired by that idea," Mr Brizzi said. |
| "I took whatever was there, thinking maybe I can dissolve him. The bath was absolutely tiny, I had no knives, no saws, anything in particular out of the ordinary. | "I took whatever was there, thinking maybe I can dissolve him. The bath was absolutely tiny, I had no knives, no saws, anything in particular out of the ordinary. |
| "I had no idea what kind of chemical I was using. I'm not saying I was not inspired by that idea. What other ways did I have to dispose of it? I couldn't bury it. I didn't know where to start." | "I had no idea what kind of chemical I was using. I'm not saying I was not inspired by that idea. What other ways did I have to dispose of it? I couldn't bury it. I didn't know where to start." |
| The court previously heard officers found a "blue-green liquid" in the bath with "flesh-coloured globules floating in the water", when they searched Mr Brizzi's flat. | |
| Mr Brizzi told the court after PC Semple died, he felt he was living in a "bad dream" and decided that, rather than call the police, he would cut up and dispose of the body. | |
| Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Mr Brizzi dismembered the body so no-one could find out exactly how the police officer had died. | Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Mr Brizzi dismembered the body so no-one could find out exactly how the police officer had died. |
| "The condition you left the body in means the pathologist cannot tell one way or another. You could have hit him with a hammer, rendering him unconscious," he said. | "The condition you left the body in means the pathologist cannot tell one way or another. You could have hit him with a hammer, rendering him unconscious," he said. |
| He said Mr Brizzi "did everything [he] possibly could to make sure nobody would be able to find out what happened to Gordon Semple". | He said Mr Brizzi "did everything [he] possibly could to make sure nobody would be able to find out what happened to Gordon Semple". |
| Mr Brizzi replied: "I tried to get away with it. I did not act out a strategy of some kind of well- thought ideas." | Mr Brizzi replied: "I tried to get away with it. I did not act out a strategy of some kind of well- thought ideas." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |