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| A Swiss art dealer is going to jail for more than 12 years after being found guilty of murdering a friend he believed to be an alien. | A Swiss art dealer is going to jail for more than 12 years after being found guilty of murdering a friend he believed to be an alien. |
| The defendant, who was not named by the court but identified in the British press as 32-year-old Bennet von Vertes, said he was under the influence of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol at the time. | The defendant, who was not named by the court but identified in the British press as 32-year-old Bennet von Vertes, said he was under the influence of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol at the time. |
| Von Vertes was also found guilty on a separate charge of raping a former girlfriend two months prior to the attack, the ATS news agency reports. | Von Vertes was also found guilty on a separate charge of raping a former girlfriend two months prior to the attack, the ATS news agency reports. |
| The court heard that victim Alex Morgan, 23, was visiting von Vertes at his family’s chalet in the Kuesnacht municipality on Lake Zurich in December 2014. | The court heard that victim Alex Morgan, 23, was visiting von Vertes at his family’s chalet in the Kuesnacht municipality on Lake Zurich in December 2014. |
| After a night out in Zurich, the pair were said to have returned to the villa in the early hours of the morning where they got into a fight. During the tussle, von Vertes stabbed his friend with a broken piece of glass before beating him to death with a candlestick holder. | After a night out in Zurich, the pair were said to have returned to the villa in the early hours of the morning where they got into a fight. During the tussle, von Vertes stabbed his friend with a broken piece of glass before beating him to death with a candlestick holder. |
| Von Vertes admitted the murder but insisted that hallucinations, brought about by a cocktail of cocaine and ketamine, made him believe his friend was an alien who was trying to kill him. | Von Vertes admitted the murder but insisted that hallucinations, brought about by a cocktail of cocaine and ketamine, made him believe his friend was an alien who was trying to kill him. |
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| The pair had met when they were both studying business administration at Regent’s College in London in 2011, according to The Times. | The pair had met when they were both studying business administration at Regent’s College in London in 2011, according to The Times. |
| Handing down the sentence, the judge acknowledged that drugs had been a factor in the attack and gave von Vertes 12 and a half years in prison rather than the 16 the prosecution had sought. | Handing down the sentence, the judge acknowledged that drugs had been a factor in the attack and gave von Vertes 12 and a half years in prison rather than the 16 the prosecution had sought. |