Stefano Brizzi is found guilty of murdering PC Gordon Semple

Smiling in entrance of his favorite TV present, that is 'Breaking Dangerous' killer Stefano Brizzi shortly earlier than he carried out the grotesque crime impressed by the hit sequence.

Brizzi - who was yesterday convicted of murdering PC Gordon Semple at his south London flat - is seen posing in entrance of a TV with the Breaking Dangerous emblem on it, clutching a jar of Nutella, which he in comparison with the crystal meth.

He wrote: 'I am gonna sit right here, eat, and watch one other episode of Breaking Dangerous and... properly, I will be pondering of doing all of the mistaken issues! lol...!' 

PC Semple, 59, went to Brizzi's flat whereas on obligation after organising a gathering on homosexual relationship app Grindr.

Brizzi, 50, strangled him after which tried to eliminate the policeman's physique utilizing an acid bathtub like that within the US TV sequence.

Different elements of the PC's physique have been roasted, boiled and probably eaten with chopsticks earlier than police have been alerted to the foul stench from Brizzi's London flat. 

Breaking Dangerous obsessive Brizzi was mentioned to have been impressed by the TV present as a part of the plot

A police search was launched after PC Semple, pictured with a younger relative, vanished

Brizzi was yesterday discovered responsible of murdering a police officer who got here to his home after they met on relationship app Grindr

It took a jury over 30 hours to succeed in the bulk verdict after a decide warned them they would wish 'sturdy stomachs' to listen to the case. Brizzi faces a life sentence when he's sentenced subsequent month.  

Talking after the verdicts have been delivered, Malcolm McHaffie, deputy chief prosecutor for London, mentioned: 'Stefano Brizzi is an evil and calculating man who deliberately killed Gordon Semple after which made grotesque makes an attempt to eliminate his physique.

'He cynically lied to the court docket and the jury claiming that Mr Semple's tragic dying was induced when a intercourse recreation went horribly mistaken and that he had taken medication which induced him to attempt to cowl up the dying. This was all fabricated by Brizzi to evade justice.' 

Chief Superintendent Peter Ayling, added :'Fuelled by medication, Stefano Brizzi murdered Gordon after which set about systemically disposing of his physique, the element of which is kind of frankly distressing to learn and listen to.

'The investigation has evidenced the sickening lengths that he went to dismember Gordon and eliminate his stays, not simply within the fast aftermath of the homicide however over the times that adopted, and quantities to cannibalism.'

Brizzi and PC Semple met on April 1 this 12 months when PC Semple organized to satisfy Brizzi, by way of Grindr, for intercourse on the afternoon after a piece assembly at The Shard.

He was reported lacking by his accomplice Gary Meeks on April 2 when he did not return to his Kent house, sparking an enormous manhunt.

CCTV: PC Semple at Blackfriars Station on his strategy to Brizzi's Southwark flat for intercourse

On digicam: The anti-social behaviour officer (left and proper) was noticed on CCTV in Nice Guildford Avenue close to The Shard at 3pm earlier than disappearing - it could be the final time he could be seen alive

After media appeals together with CCTV displaying Gordon's final sightings close to London Bridge, police have been alerted to a 'odor of dying' coming from Brizzi's flat on the Peabody Belief Property in Borough on April 7.

Brizzi answered his door in nothing however a pair of pink underpants and aviator sun shades and advised officers: 'I've tried to dissolve the physique - I've killed a police officer.'

Brizzi advised police: 'I killed him final week. I met him on Grindr and I killed him. Devil advised me to'.

Stefano Brizzi admitted Gordon Semple died in his house throughout intercourse - he then tried to cowl it up by hacking up his physique and dissolving a few of it in acid

However he later insisted PC Semple had died throughout violent intercourse and he panicked when he found he was a policeman. 

CCTV confirmed PC Semple him strolling close to the Shard. He had attended a gathering on the Shangri La lodge within the central London skyscraper shortly earlier than he went lacking.

The anti-social behaviour officer was then noticed on CCTV in close by Nice Guildford Avenue at 3pm earlier than disappearing.

He was not seen once more and police later searched Brizzi's flat and located his dismembered physique.  

A number of the officer's stays have been discovered dissolving in a shower of acid. Different elements have been present in Brizzi's bin and in communal bins, the court docket heard.

Brizzi and PC Semple had been making an attempt to influence different homosexual males within the space to hitch them for a 'chemsex' occasion, jurors heard.

Just one man had agreed to hitch them, however Brizzi despatched him away over the intercom, saying: 'We're having a scenario right here. Somebody fell ailing however we're taking good care of it. So our occasion is cancelled.'

He's believed to have arrived on the very second Brizzi was strangling PC Semple.  

Brizzi denied homicide and admitted obstructing the coroner in his obligation by dismembering PC Semple's physique so as to eliminate it.

Horror: Brizzi's neighbours described a stench coming from his flat - police then discovered the officer's stays

Grim: PC Semple's dismembered physique was found in an acid combination in Brizzi's bathtub, round his flat and within the property's communal bins (pictured)

INSPIRED BY TV: POLICEMAN'S MURDER IS JUST THE LATEST CRIME TO HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY TELEVISION SERIES 

Sadomasochist Stefano Brizzi admitted to being 'impressed' by the hit tv sequence Breaking Dangerous when he tried to dissolve the physique of PC Gordon Semple in a shower of acid.

The American sequence options the principle character, chemistry trainer Walter White, who produces crystal meth and, after poisoning a rival, dissolves the physique in acid.

However Brizzi's shouldn't be the primary time that tv dramas, particularly Breaking Dangerous, are mentioned to have impressed crime.

Stefano Brizzi's is simply the newest crime mentioned to have been impressed by Breaking Dangerous (pictured)

In September 2015 software program programmer Mohammed Ali was jailed for eight years for making an attempt to purchase lethal ricin poison from the Darkish Net after additionally being impressed by Breaking Dangerous. 

He struck a deal to buy 500mg of powder for 500 US (£320) - sufficient to kill 1,400 individuals. 

However, he had unwittingly contacted an FBI agent who despatched him innocent powder, and tipped off police in England who subsequently arrested him. Ricin was featured within the sequence.

Kuntal Patel was mentioned to have been 'addicted' to Breaking Dangerous when she had a ricin-like poison much like that used within the present

In November 2014, Kuntal Patel was jailed for 3 years for possession of the lethal toxin, abrin, a ricin-like poison. In court docket she was accused of slipping it in her mom's food plan coke, after she 'forbade' her from marrying her fiance, however was cleared of making an attempt to kill her by the jury.

It was alleged that Patel dreamt up the plot after turning into 'addicted' to Breaking Dangerous and watching an episode through which a personality, drug lord Walter White, kills an enemy with ricin-laced tea.

In January 2014 Steven Miles, who was 16 on the time of the homicide, killed his girlfriend Elizabeth Thomas at his household house in Oxted, Surrey. 

Fixated on the American TV sequence Dexter, he had wished to emulate the actions of the lead character who shouldn't be solely a police forensics officer but in addition a serial killer.

He was jailed for 25 years for the homicide of the 17-year-old who he ferociously stabbed earlier than he dismembered her physique.

In April 201,1 Daniel Bartlam, on the age of 14, killed his mom Jacqueline in a hammer assault at their house in Redhill, Nottingham after being impressed by a plot from Coronation Avenue. 

Detained for 16 years, he hit his mom seven instances with a claw hammer earlier than pouring petrol round her bed room and setting the property alight. The physique of his mom might solely be recognized by her dental data.

'Cannibal' killer had loving Catholic upbringing in Italy however satisfied himself he was 'from Devil' as a result of he was homosexual and spiralled into drug abuse after contracting HIV

Killer Stefano Brizzi had a loving childhood in a religious Catholic household however got here to consider he was 'from Devil' due to his homosexuality, his trial heard.

The Italian was the youngest of three kids born in picturesque San Marcello de Pistoiese within the province of Pistoia, close to Florence - his father was a civil servant and his mom labored in little one well being care.

He mentioned he realised he was homosexual across the age of 15 and that his fascination with the occult stemmed from the very fact it was an entire 'rejection of Christian values'.

Revealed: Stefano Brizzi, 50, was 'tormented' by his sexuality and have become hooked on medication after his HIV analysis and shifting to London for a profitable job

A childhood pal advised Italy's Il Terreno newspaper: 'Thirty years in the past, it was not simple to dwell freely with out being judged [for] homosexuality.

'I keep in mind Stefano [was] a really delicate boy, who couldn't discover peace inside himself. He's tormented.'

One other pal, Mauro Vaiani, added: 'Like all homosexuals in my technology, he has confronted a bumpy trip to achieve acceptance.'

Brizzi studied on the College of Florence earlier than discovering work as a pc programmer.

Brizzi began taking crystal meth and liked the present Breaking Dangerous

He moved to the UK in 2012 after being supplied a £70,000-a-year job as a senior net developer with funding financial institution Morgan Stanley.

His uncle advised Italy's La Nazione newspaper: 'Stefano has spent a life finding out, he took his diploma in Florence and began to work right here as a programmer, however complained as a result of they paid little, had no prospects of employment, and dreamed of going overseas.

'As quickly as you've got it achieved he went in London. He was very pleased about this chance.'

Brizzi had been recognized with HIV and hepatitis C in Italy in 2008, which he known as 'a dying sentence'.

It was not till he moved to London that he started to experiment with medication akin to crystal meth, GHB, ketamine and poppers - generally known as 'chems' within the homosexual group.

He left his job in early 2015 when his crystal meth habit spiralled uncontrolled.

He joined a assist group known as Crystal Meth Nameless the place he shocked fellow addicts with tales of his intercourse life and satan worshipping.

Brizzi advised the group that he appreciated Satanic rituals, akin to having intercourse over the signal of a pentagram, and that he was eager on 'domination and sacrifice'.

Mr Roberts mentioned Brizzi was additionally obsessive about cult TV present Breaking Dangerous through which terminally ailing chemistry trainer Walter White turns to creating crystal meth to fund his remedy.

He taped up the home windows at his  flat in Southwark, south London and was residing a nocturnal existence on the time of the killing

Brizzi's profile image on Fb confirmed him in a Breaking Dangerous T-shirt, with a scene from the sequence as his background.

Mr Roberts needed to ask Brizzi to not put on the T-shirt to conferences in case it tempted former customers again on to medication.

Brizzi's bed room window was utterly coated up with black tape, and beneath the mattress they discovered a field containing 4 small black candles and a wood knife.

Brizzi, now 50, went to see a psychiatrist in 2015, however was advised he did not have an underlying psychological well being downside and simply wanted to deal with his habit.

By the point he met PC Semple, he was residing an virtually nocturnal existence as a result of he had no motive to go away the home.

'IT IS STILL INSURMOUNTABLY UPSETTING': VICTIM'S FAMILY TELL OF THEIR HEARTBREAK AT HIS SHOCKING DEATH

The dying of Gordon Semple was described as 'the toughest lack of all' for his accomplice Gary Meeks.

PC Semple was born in Inverness in 1956 and moved to London in 1974 to work in a financial institution.

He joined the police the 1980s and ultimately grew to become an officer within the Met's anti-social behaviour unit hooked up to Westminster Council.

PC Semple's household mentioned in an announcement: 'Gordon was a loyal and far liked long run accomplice, brother, brother in regulation, uncle, cousin and pal to all.

'We have been devastated when the information broke of Gordon's homicide and the circumstances that are nonetheless extremely arduous to take care of. It's nonetheless insurmountably upsetting.'

PC Semple, proper, at a celebration together with his accomplice Gary Meeks, who's heartbroken by his dying

The household added: 'At Gordon's funeral we met lots of his buddies and work colleagues - we have been proud to listen to how fondly they considered Gordon.

'Gordon might be sadly missed by our household. Gordon, we miss you a lot, could you relaxation in peace.'

PC Semple had been together with his accomplice Mr Meeks for 25 years, and the couple lived in Greenhithe in Kent. He and Mr Meeks performed darts of their native pub, The Lads of the Village. 

However it's understood PC Semple repeatedly used Grindr to satisfy different males and the trial heard his profile was 700 pages lengthy.

Former police colleague Nick Burrows paid tribute to his 'type and mild' pal, who he'll all the time keep in mind as a gentleman.

Mates mentioned PC Semple was 'a gentleman' and 'a genuinely good particular person'

He mentioned: 'He was a simply one in every of life's genuinely good individuals. There's not many individuals you get to say that about actually.

'Lots of people have upset individuals alongside the best way, however he was a kind of individuals who simply appeared to get on with all people. He was a gentleman.

'No person deserves to die in such a style and to be mutilated like that.

'I've intentionally not learn an excessive amount of of the trial as a result of I'd sooner keep in mind the Gordon that I knew.

'The Gordon I knew was and a form and mild man that would not have harmed anyone.' 

Paul Scoulding, 63, who lived close to PC Semple and Mr Meeks of their close-knit cul-de-sac, added:  'He was a extremely good chap. He was all the time well mannered and a likeable kind of bloke.' 

Chief Superintendent Peter Ayling mentioned: 'The responding officers and all these concerned within the investigation into Gordon's dying have been affected by it, made all the more severe by figuring out he was a colleague.

'Sadly, it's clear from the investigation that Gordon, a person who had devoted the final three many years of his life to policing London, was behaving on obligation in a approach that no police officer ought to. Gordon held a place of belief, and he broke that belief.

'Nevertheless, nothing ought to distract from the actions of Stefano Brizzi and the blame for Gordon's dying lies firmly with this man. A killer whose chilly calculated actions are so grotesque they're past comprehension.'

CCTV footage confirmed Breaking Dangerous-obsessed Brizzi shopping for a plastic bin to fill with acid dissolve the physique inside his 'home of horrors' after being impressed by the present

Satanist Stefano Brizzi's grotesque plot to eliminate PC Semple's physique was performed out on CCTV.

Jurors have been proven footage of him purchasing for instruments together with a large bucket to plunge and dissolve his physique elements in acid.

Different elements have been roasted, boiled and maybe even eaten earlier than police have been alerted to the foul stench from his London flat. 

Chilling: CCTV footage reveals Stefano Brizzi purchasing for a bin to dissolve the physique of PC Gordon Semple

Brizzi had positioned a leg in a roasting tin within the oven, and traces of PC Semple's DNA have been additionally discovered on a set of chopsticks.

A bone believed to belong to the PC was discovered with a suspected chew mark in a kitchen bin.

DNA from the alleged sufferer was discovered on the blade of a blender, cooking pot, chopping board and grease within the oven of the Italian's kitchen, the Outdated Bailey heard. 

PC Semple, 59, was on obligation when he organized to satisfy Brizzi, by way of Grindr, for 'scorching, soiled' intercourse on the afternoon of April 1.

Following the alleged homicide, neighbours on the Peabody Property in south London seen a 'revolting odor' coming from Brizzi's flat.

On April 7, Brizzi was described by his neighbour Martin Harris as being 'cool as a cucumber' when he stopped by to tell him police had been known as 'due to the stench', the court docket heard.

Two officers arrived to seek out bottles of chemical substances scattered within the corridor and 'blue-green liquid' within the bathtub with 'flesh-coloured globules floating within the water', Mr Aylett mentioned.

One of many officers seemed inside a bin liner on the ground and noticed a human hand, the court docket heard.

Heartbroken: PC Semple's disappearance had been utterly 'out of character', his household mentioned, and he was discovered useless 5 days after an enchantment was launched

The defendant mentioned he had HIV and had been advised by Devil to 'kill, kill, kill', the prosecutor mentioned.

Speaking to the officers at his flat, Brizzi allegedly mentioned: 'I used to be speaking on-line about Devil as a fetish - and crystal meth takes me to Devil.

'I'm from a Catholic household so when I discovered I used to be homosexual, I discovered I used to be from Devil. I liked crystal meth and wished to satisfy somebody who talked about Devil.' 

Brizzi later allegedly claimed he had disposed of some physique elements he had been unable to interrupt up by taking them on his bicycle to a quiet spot by the River Thames.  

A human foot was later found by the Thames riverbank at Bermondsey Wall and physique matter recovered from drainpipes in Brizzi's block.

Officers returned to the flat days later and recovered from his pc gadgets together with The Satanic Bible e book, the jury heard.  

DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH OF PC GORDON SEMPLE

Friday, April 1

PC Gordon Semple, 59, attends half-hour assembly on the Shard's Shangri-La lodge at 12pm. He was captured on CCTV in Nice Guildford Avenue, about half-a-mile from London Bridge at 3pm. His household reported him lacking that evening after failing to return to his house in Greenhithe, Kent.

Tuesday, April 5

Police launch an lacking particular person's enchantment to seek out the lacking 59-year-old, who vanished whereas on obligation. 

Wednesday, April 6

CCTV photographs are launched of PC Semple's final recognized sighting - the identical day the inquiry is moved to Met's Murder command.

Thursday April 7

Neighbours name police in regards to the stench from  Stefano Brizzi's flat - Brizzi answered his door in nothing however a pair of pink underpants and aviator sun shades and advised officers: 'I've tried to dissolve the physique - I've killed a police officer.' Inside his house was suffering from human stays. 

Saturday, April 9

Stefano Brizzi is charged with murdering PC Semple.

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