“I couldn't breathe any more, I must have turned blue. I couldn't tear myself free and I thought I was going to die,” he told the court.

Schimdt claims he managed to escape his girlfriend’s clutches and fled naked to a neighbour and demanded the police be called.

Franziska denies the claims, saying it was a sex game and that Schimdt knew what was going on.

According to the Daily Mail, Schimdt said Franziska tried to kill him after learning he was planning to leave her; he even claims she admitted it to him on the telephone by saying: “Treasure – I wanted your death to be as pleasurable as possible.” 

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