'Saudi Royal' Quizzed Over Death At 5-Star London Hotel

The Independent || Chris Greenwood

Detectives were quizzing a man claiming to be part of the Saudi Arabian royal family today after an assistant was found strangled in his hotel room.

The 33-year-old was arrested after police discovered the body of a 32-year-old man at the five-star Landmark Hotel in Marylebone, central London.

Police were called by staff who found the victim with serious head injuries in a third-floor suite.

Investigators arrested the Saudi Arabian man several hours later at an address in Westminster.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the death was being probed by detectives from the force's homicide and serious crime command.

A post mortem examination found the victim died as a result of "manual compression of the neck" and that he also suffered head injuries.

Read more at The Independent

Comments

[whirledgonecrazy]

01:12 PM on 02/18/2010

George Bush would have kissed his hand and flew him out of the country discretely before anyone found out.

[ttimotteo]

04:45 AM on 02/18/2010

DOnt hate on Saudis they r role models. Ask Booosh

[peowlemeow]

12:55 AM on 02/18/2010

Gross.

[JessWonderin]

12:24 AM on 02/18/2010

Murdock's News Corp reported "a man with head problems was spotted lurking about the respected Royal Highness of Peace and Greatness Saudi Prince's hotel room".

. . . nice things happen when a Saudi OWNS the second largest portion of stock . . .

[LeroyJenkins]

12:06 AM on 02/18/2010

horrible misunderstanding i am sure, nothing that can't be fixed over tea

[LMPE]

10:37 PM on 02/17/2010

I wouldn't put anything past the Saudi royal family.

[alysheba 3]

09:00 PM on 02/17/2010

Royalty or not, if this guy is a Saudi he will get away with it. Saudi Arabians are never held accountable for murder. Look at 9/11 for proof.

[muscleboundH]

08:28 PM on 02/17/2010

romance WAS in the air! but then it was strangled out of him...

[Tommygun264]

08:28 PM on 02/17/2010

If this guy really were a member of the House of Saud, I doubt we would have heard anything about it.

[Paula Ann]

07:56 PM on 02/17/2010

hope the brits keep this investigation on the up and up.

[infidel2]

07:49 PM on 02/17/2010

The real travesty , he'll probably get away with it.

[Doktor Avalanche]

06:26 PM on 02/17/2010

Are not all royalty above the law?

[LMPE]

10:36 PM on 02/17/2010

Judging by everything that's gone on in the British royal family, that's what I conclude. Just read Johann Hari's article about the Queen Mother.

[TXfemmom]

05:57 PM on 02/17/2010

Certainly sounds like the Saudi way of handling things, especially for the Royal family males.

[TAIsabel]

04:43 PM on 02/17/2010

Oh, oh....a closet gay Saudi, no doubt. I wonder how their Royal family will deal with this embarrasment? Caning, stoning, evaporation?

[phute]

05:14 PM on 02/17/2010

Nothing embarrasses the Saudi Royal family.
They do as they please.

[invirginia]

06:33 PM on 02/17/2010

Was thinking the same thing. Lovers' quarrel leads to murder.

[Rabat]

04:29 PM on 02/17/2010

Give that SOB a trial and lock him up. The Saudi Royal Family needs to cease to exist period, they are the most corrupt mofo's. Imagine a family own a country, every government position is occupied by a cousin, a brother, a nephew and all in between. It's BS. F the Saudi Royal family.