Sutton owned a portfolio of leading hotels in London. His company owns the Sheraton Grand Park Lane and the Athenaeum, as well as three other venues. He adds: "There are lots of reasons for that - reassuring people and, I suppose, waving the flag slightly in what are difficult times for the police." A spokesperson for Sir Richard Sutton Ltd said Anne Schreiber was “a hugely important part of Sir Richard’s life” and had cared for him for a “long period”. She is an accomplished physiotherapist who owns a clinic in Sherborne, Dorset.

Mr Sutton says Bellfield's request for a prison wedding "seems bizarre" for "somebody who was so violent towards women, has killed women, (and) was entirely misogynistic for his entire life". She described how he began saying “hurtful” things about her including that “all I do is take, take take” and “how I took from Dad”. He said a colleague then tasered the defendant “to stop him from killing himself” after which Schreiber shouted: “Just kill me, I pay your wages, I ask you to kill me.” The defendant went to visit his father’s grave and spent the afternoon painting before having a chat with Sir Richard as they remembered his father. During the call, Schreiber told his sister: “I am so sorry, absolute complete madness, I am waking up every day hoping to wake up from this nightmare.

Ms Schreiber continued: “I believe that he stabbed me, I received some stab wounds from him and I remember looking at the knife in me and being surprised that it doesn’t hurt." He added: “The level of hatred you all had for me was plain to see, no-one deserves to be assaulted.” I think that's the shift in managerial culture that will be needed to promote the change in actual culture."

I launched forward and slapped him round the face, I said, ‘stop saying things, these things aren’t true'," she said. Thomas Schreiber is on trial for the murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton and the attempted murder of his mother Anne Schreiber - who was Sir Richard's partner - on April 7 this year. You can't show leadership sitting behind a desk on a computer. You have to be there with the people to do it. She added: “His life was ended so abruptly and in such an unimaginably cruel manner by an individual that he welcomed into his home as a member of his family for years.” The 66-year-old suffered up to 15 separate injuries. One of the injuries partially cut her spinal cord, leading to serious and ongoing consequences.A man accused of murdering his mother's partner and trying to kill her told police "I pay your wages, I ask you to kill me" as he was arrested, a court has heard.