Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud (, born 1977) is a member of the Saudi royal family and a convicted murderer. He is a grandson of King Abdullah. Murder and trial In February 2010, he was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering his servant Bandar Abdulaziz in their suite at the Landmark Hotel in London. During the trial, it was alleged that the prince had received a "sexual massage" before the murder, and that he and Abdulaziz had been in a homosexual relationship. and that the murder was a culmination of an extremely abusive "Master-Slave" relationship.The prince maintained that he and his victim were "friends and equals", denied an alleged homosexual relationship between the two.However, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw stated that the evidence found - including photographs stored on a mobile phone and traces of semen on the victim's underwear - "establishes quite conclusively that (Al Saud) was either gay or had homosexual inclinations. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In March, 2013 he was allowed to return to Saudi Arabia to serve the remainder of his term in a Saudi prison. According to the agreement between the U.K. and Saudi Arabia, he must serve at least 20 years before he can be released. Family Saud's maternal grandfather was Saud of Saudi Arabia, who was the brother of King Abdullah who was the king at the time when Saud was convicted and sentenced by a court in the UK. Both of Saud's parents belong to the Saudi royal family. They are first cousins to each other, being the children of two half-brothers, both of whom were the sons of King Abdulaziz, founder of the modern Saudi state. Saud's father is Abdulaziz bin Nasser, the son of Nasser bin Abdulaziz, himself the son of King Abdulaziz. Saud's mother, Fayza, is the daughter of Saud of Saudi Arabia, himself a son of King Abdulaziz. References Living people 1977 births 2010 in London 2010 murders in the United Kingdom Saudi Arabian people convicted of murder Saudi Arabian LGBT people Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales Prisoners and detainees of Saudi Arabia Saud