A Breaking Bad fan has been jailed for life for strangling a police officer during a bondage sex session and then attempting to cook and eat parts of his body.

Stefano Brizzi, 50, admitted he was inspired by his favourite TV series as he tried to get away with killing 59-year-old Pc Gordon Semple by also dissolving his flesh in an acid bath.

Last month, the former Morgan Stanley IT developer was found guilty of murder by a majority of 10 to two after a jury at the Old Bailey had deliberated for more than 30 hours.

Brizzi denied trying to cannibalise parts of Pc Semple by cooking and then biting into a rib found in his kitchen bin.

But at his sentencing, the prosecution said an expert odontologist had since confirmed that even though Brizzi claimed not to remember it, he had in fact tried to eat human flesh.

Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC handed crystal meth addict Brizzi life in prison with a minimum of 24 years.

Brizzi was also sentenced to seven years for obstructing a coroner, which will run concurrently.

The judge said there were "terrible features" of the case and that Brizzi's drug addiction had ruined his life.

He told the Italian: "Regret you express now for Mr Semple's death has to be seen against what you did over a number of days to his body."

The defendant sat in the dock with his head bowed throughout the hearing.