The voice of a French banker shot dead by his lover during a sado-masochistic sex session rung out from beyond the grave across a Geneva courtroom, reducing his killer to tears.
The lurid circumstances of the death of Edouard Stern, one of France's wealthiest men whose influential circle of friends included President Nicolas Sarkozy, has rocked Geneva's discreet and tight-knit banking world.
Stern, 50, was found dead at his Geneva penthouse in March 2005 wearing a latex suit, with two bullet holes in his head and another two in his torso.
His 40-year-old lover, Cecile Brossard, eventually confessed to the killing, but her defence maintains it was a crime of passion, and not murder as alleged by prosecutors.
Brossard cried as the jury heard telephone messages left by Stern on her answer phone. "I will always be there for you, and I ask you always to be there for me," the banker said in a message recorded two days before she killed him.
Stern's lawyers allege the heart of the case is $1.2 million transferred by the banker to his lover's account, but which he later blocked after changing his mind.
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16 Jun 2009This story is NOT chosen for its headline grabbing news, but rather a few strategically placed words.
The press in general are not permitted to print the secret dealing of the financial world.
Even if the reporters obtain information, it is usually blocked by the editors.
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