Portuguese 'rent boy' accused of stabbing British lover to death with a spear

Simon Carley-Pocock died on April three final 12 months

A 'lease boy' accused of stabbing his homosexual British accountant lover to loss of life with a spear 'took images of his physique after he had killed him' a Portuguese courtroom has heard.

A good friend of Eugenio Felipe Reicha instructed the courtroom within the Algarve metropolis of Faro that Reicha confirmed him the snaps of Simon Carley-Pocock's physique after fleeing the crime scene. 

Expat Mr Carley-Pocock, 58, initially from Welwyn Backyard Metropolis in Hertfordshire, was discovered lifeless at his hilltop house close to the gorgeous vacationer village of Alcoutim on April 5 final 12 months. 

Reicha is accused of Mr Carley-Pocock's murder. 

The 21-year-old, who had met his alleged sufferer throughout an evening out in Faro, was arrested after being stopped with no driving licence within the Brit's Audi A4 convertible. 

A small knife was found on him after he was held however the spear used to kill Mr Carley-Pocock was by no means recovered.

Police stated on the time his alleged killer had confessed to stabbing his sufferer in a drug-fuelled rage with a spear earlier than having a shower and meals and throwing the weapon out of his automobile as he drove away from the crime scene.

Eugenio Felipe Reicha, who a Portuguese courtroom was instructed is a former lease boy, is accused of his homicide

The courtroom making an attempt Reicha heard at the beginning of his trial row over intercourse led to the killing.

The argument that turned violent is alleged to have began after Simon, who gave up his accountancy job and moved to Portugal to relaxation after being recognized with a severe sickness, demanded extra intercourse from his occasional lover.

Reicha was arrested after Police pulled him over in a random cease

A good friend of Reicha, who was rumoured to have been working as a lease boy when information of his arrest first got here out, instructed the courtroom on the trial opening earlier this week: 'He confirmed me pictures of a person in mattress, together with his intestines hanging out and stated he had killed him.

'We had been within the Audi A4 convertible.

'He had a TV and two cameras which had been each lined with blood.'

He later allegedly tried to promote the stolen objects to a different pal.

The trial judges had been instructed by police that after being stopped for a minor visitors offence within the early hours of April 5 final 12 months, Reicha instructed them he had borrowed the costly automobile he was driving earlier than claiming he had stolen it within the city of Vila Actual de Santo Antonio close to Portugal's border with Spain.

Mr Carley-Pocock, believed to have been killed on April three final 12 months, was discovered lifeless at his house within the six-house hamlet of Monte da Vinha close to the favored vacation spot of Alcoutim after detectives pressured their means in following his alleged killer's police confession.

An expat native stated after the grotesque discovery she thought Mr Carley-Pocock, who was educated on the College of Hertfordshire, had succumbed to a severe sickness he was affected by.

Mr Carley-Pocock was discovered lifeless in his house in Monte da Vinha after detectives pressured their means in following his alleged killer's police confession

Revered Portuguese day by day Jornal de Noticias stated on the time the lifeless man was a HIV service however police sources stated that they had didn't suppose it had something to do together with his homicide.

He suffered stab wounds to his stomach, chest and neck.

The case was handled after Reicha's preliminary arrest by Policia Judiciaria officers primarily based in Faro who've helped Met Police probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

A spokesman for Portugal's PSP police, which initially arrested Reicha after pulling him over in a random cease, stated shortly after Mr Carley-Pocock's physique was discovered: 'The person being held in custody is suspected of killing a British man who's 58 at his house close to Alcoutim.

His physique was faraway from his house in an Algarve village shortly afterwards by the authorities

'He was initially held in Faro as a result of he was discovered to be driving with no licence.

'The automobile he was stopped in did not belong to him and since we had the suspicion it may be stolen a police patrol was despatched to the proprietor's house deal with close to Alcoutim however obtained no reply.

'A small knife was found on the Portuguese man when he was searched and he ended up confessing to killing the British man who owned the automobile though with a distinct weapon which he stated he had thrown out of the automobile window.

'He stated he had used a spear.'

The trial continues.

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