‘He strangled me until I passed out’

A stuntman demonstrated his expertise in strangling to a colleague before he killed his girlfriend and buried her in a flowerbed, a court heard. Kirill Belorusov, 32, bragged of his knowledge of death holds around the neck before he throttled film producer Laureline Marcia-Bertaux, 34, jurors were told. He grabbed Sabrina Severino around the throat and squeezed until she almost passed out. Belorusov later told her in a text message: ‘I was just strangling you. Trust me. I’m an expert.’…