Man facing court accused of PC Gordon Semple murder
The man accused of killing Pc Gordon Semple will make his first appearance before a Crown Court.
The man accused of killing Pc Gordon Semple will make his first appearance before a Crown Court.
Italian-born Stefano Brizzi, 49, is accused of murdering the 59-year-old officer at his flat on a day between April 1 and April 7.
He is expected to be brought before the Recorder of London, Nicholas Hilliard QC, at the Old Bailey on Wednesday morning.
PC Semple was originally from Inverness in Scotland and had been with the Metropolitan Police for 30 years.
He went missing on April 1 and the Met Police officer's remains were discovered a week later after a neighbour alerted Scotland Yard to a smell of death'' coming from a property in the Peabody Estate in Southwark Street, south London.