Posted on 06/29/2009 7:22:39 PM PDT by llevrok
Charalambos Christodoulides's body was found in a warehouse complex A property developer told a US prostitute he had strangled a man in London because he was "in the way", a court has heard.
Rebecca DeFalco told the Old Bailey of her relationship with her client Thanos Papalexis, of Palm Beach, Florida.
The body of caretaker Charalambos Christodoulides, 55, was found in 2000 in the warehouse complex where he lived in Kensal Rise, north-west London.
Mr Papalexis, 36, and two of his employees have denied murder.
Failed Kosovan asylum seekers Ylli Xhelo, 36, unemployed, and Robert Baxhija, 29, a painter of Sidney Avenue, Palmers Green, north London, deny murder.
Miss DeFalco said Mr Papalexis told her he worked as a "James Bond" for the British and American governments.
He was charming - he was someone I broke all the rules for
The pair first met in April 2004 when he answered an internet advertisement.
Miss DeFalco described their two-month relationship as "turbo-charged".
Mr Papalexis asked her to give up other clients and offered her £1,500 at a time, she said.
"He was charming. He was someone I broke all the rules for. I fell hard. I was taken for a ride," she said.
Following a row she asked him, "Have you ever killed anyone?".
He allegedly told her, "Yes, I strangled someone. There were two people with me.
"This man was giving me problems. It happened in London. He said he was in the way.
"He didn't have to go. He was a family man".
Earlier the court heard Mr Christodoulides was tortured and strangled as he would not leave a £2m building Mr Papalexis was trying to sell.
Mr Papalexis was worried the deal would collapse and needed money for another development, it is alleged.
The trial continues.
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Ruins the mood.
Must have been some good s—t....
> A property developer told a US prostitute he had strangled a man in London because he was “in the way”, a court has heard. <
Our hookers are better than limey hookers?
A man of principles! Rare these days.
Yes. We haven’t outlawed dentistry over here. :-)
I always try to make the hooker squeal.
“I was taken for a ride,” she said.”
Isn’t that in her job description?
our hookers do the jobs limey hookers refuse to do.
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