EXCLUSIVE: Bouncer who killed girlfriend of British heiress in Switzerland loses attraction towards 18-year sentence after claiming it was a ‘sex game gone wrong’
An evil bouncer who murdered a British heiress and was sentenced to 18 years and 6 months in jail has had his attraction that it was a ‘sex game gone wrong’ lastly rejected by a Swiss court docket.
Anna Reed, 22, was discovered useless in her luxurious resort room after lover Marc Schatzle, 33, begged workers to name paramedics as a result of she had “turned blue,” however it was all a part of his effort to cowl his tracks.
At his trial within the Swiss metropolis of Lugano in 2021, the court docket heard he had used Anna’s bank card to lavishly spend cash after admitting that he “loved the finer things in life.”
Then the jury was informed that he had met Anna in Thailand in February 2019 and that she had paid ‘£50,000 to him’ to pay for accommodations, eating places and garments throughout their time collectively.
She was within the Far East after her father Clive gave her a around the world ticket as a present for her twenty first birthday and she or he additionally inherited £250,000 from her mom who died in a home accident in 2016.
Schatzle (left with Anna earlier than she died) and his protection staff claimed she died in a intercourse recreation gone flawed and requested that the conviction be modified to manslaughter – which might have meant a lesser jail sentence
German Marc Schatzle, 30, who has tattoos throughout his physique, together with one over his left eyebrow that reads “Warrior,” was ordered to face trial on expenses of the April 2019 homicide of 22-year-old Anna Reed , and on expenses of fraud and theft
Prosecutor Petra Canonica Alexakis beforehand slammed Schatzle, pictured, saying he had lied for 3 years and his claims of a intercourse recreation gone tragically flawed had been baseless
Anna and her sister Millie, now 28, grew up in posh Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Burly Schatzle harshly claimed that Anna died when he wrapped a towel round her throat throughout consensual intercourse within the lavatory of their five-star resort La Palme au Lac in picturesque Locarno in April 2019.
At his first trial, he was initially given 18 years by choose Mauro Ermani, who dismissed him as a “liar” and added that Schatzle was a “dangerous man.”
An attraction final October earned him an additional six months and a second and closing request from his authorized staff has now additionally been rejected, MailOnline can solely reveal.
In the 7,000-word verdict obtained by MailOnline, the Federal Court in Locarno dismissed his claims, describing them as “merely its own interpretation of events, without contesting the original conclusions of the trial.”
It added that his model of what had occurred the night time Anna died was an “inadmissible theory without any evidence” and was “rejected as such.”
A telling paragraph within the doc learn, “The force used by the suspect on the victim’s throat was clearly superior to that used in the field of erotic asphyxia.”
Marc Schatzle (pictured left with Anna Reed), who murdered British heiress Reed (pictured left and proper) and acquired 18 years in jail, tried to attraction his conviction by insisting she died in a intercourse recreation gone tragically flawed
At his attraction listening to final October, Schatzle described in court docket how the couple had returned to their resort at 2 a.m. after spending the night time ingesting in a number of bars.
He stated he tried to cover “her credit card” as a “joke” in a roof area of the elevator gentle, however it had “slipped behind a panel and he couldn’t retrieve it.”
Heavily tattooed Schatzle informed the listening to that he and Anna, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, practiced tough intercourse.
He informed the court docket, “Anna loved erotic asphyxiation. She asked me to do it. I used a towel and my hands, I thought everything was fine and then I saw her with her tongue out.
“Her face was funny and there was a bruise on her neck. I tried to wake her up. I resuscitated her and then I went downstairs to get help.’
The court ruled that once his sentence is served, Marc will be deported and unable to enter Switzerland for 14 years instead of the original 12, meaning he cannot visit his child
The jury was told that Marc had met Anna, pictured before her death, in Thailand in February 2019 and that she paid him £50,000 to pay for hotels, restaurants and clothes during their time together
Schatzle callously claimed that Anna died when he wrapped a towel around her throat during consensual sex in the bathroom of their five-star hotel La Palme au Lac (pictured)
But District Attorney Petra Canonica Alexakis slammed father-of-one Schatzle, saying he had “lied for three years and that his claims of an ‘accident and a sex game gone tragically wrong’ were baseless.”
“He is a murderer and the first trial confirmed this. The first trial did not believe it was erotic play and an accident,” she stated.
There is nothing to verify his model of occasions and he has refused to cooperate with investigators from the beginning.
“Had things gone as he claims, his attitude would have been considered different, but there is no indication that he and Anna Reed practiced erotic asphyxiation or sadomasochism.”
Ms. Canonica Alexakis highlighted how the phone cable of their room had been pulled from the wall by investigators and Schatzle had insisted it was already damaged.
But she added: “We know that’s not true because he ordered room service from the front desk, and this was confirmed by the hotel staff.
“Instead he ripped the cable, maybe trying to call Anna or maybe he did it to keep her from calling for help.”
She additionally emphasised that Schatzle had no wounds from Anna, as she weighed solely 55 kg in comparison with his 105 kg and had a lightweight construct and her fingernails had been quick.
Ms Canonica Alexakis added: ‘Anna hated liars and she hated being lied to and the night she died she had learned what kind of man Schatzle was.
She had been warned about him by a previous boyfriend after he was tipped off by an ex-girlfriend of Schatzle’s, who stated he manipulated and used her, mendacity repeatedly.
“The night Anna died, there was no sex play and no attempted prank by hiding her credit card in an elevator.
“She died as a result of an intentional gesture and the medical report revealed a wound to her gums consistent with a hand placed over her mouth.”
Anna was described in court docket as ‘beautiful and rich’, with Ms Canonica Alexakis saying Schatzle had ‘only seven francs in his account and twenty francs in his wallet’ on the fateful night.
She continued, “But he knew that a Visa card that Anna had loaded was 25,000 Swiss Francs, which may not seem like much, but for a man who has nothing, it was enough to flee the country.
“That’s why after he killed Anna, he started faking the scene. He hid her credit card in the elevator for later retrieval because we know guests in the hallway heard heavy footsteps that morning.
He placed her body in a bath of warm water to delay the time of death, but the paramedics were suspicious when they arrived because of the color and texture of her skin.
Schatzle waited to sound the alarm, maybe two hours because he wanted to take the time to save his own ass.
‘He simulated an accident in the bathroom before sounding the alarm, but let’s not forget how he sounded the alarm when he took the lift to reception.
“In that situation, wouldn’t you run down the stairs instead of eating in front of the elevator?” And individuals observed that he had taken the time to tie his shoelaces and dress.’
Ms Canonica Alexakis added: ‘Anna was definitely uninhibited when it came to sex, but she wasn’t into tough intercourse or erotic smothering. Her mates and ex-boyfriend confirmed it.
Schatzle wasn’t into sadomasochism or tough intercourse. Two of his ex-partners have confirmed this. He’s the one one who says they had been, however everyone knows he’s a liar.’
