London , England ( CNN ) -- A Saudi prince was found guilty Tuesday of murdering an aide at a London hotel in February , in a case prosecutors said had a sexual element . Prince Saud Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al Saud was found guilty of both murder and grievous bodily harm in the killing of Bandar Abdulaziz . Abdulaziz died after a severe beating left him with swelling and bruising of the brain and fractured ribs and neck . He also had bite marks on his face , ears and arm . The prince had not denied killing the aide , but said he had not intended to do so . He is due to be sentenced Wednesday and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison . He did not take the stand in his own defense . Because the prince did not deny killing Abdulaziz , the jury 's job was to determine if he was guilty of murder or manslaughter . To do that , jurors had to determine the prince 's state of mind and his intent at the time he killed Abdulaziz . The jury took just over an hour and a half Tuesday to reach its verdict . The prince -- who is both a grandson and a great-nephew of Saudi King Abdullah , since his parents are cousins -- showed no reaction as the jury 's unanimous verdict was read in court . Police said after the verdict that the prince had shown no remorse when he was questioned about his servant 's death , instead `` concocting a story '' about how he died . `` When that was found to be a pack of lies , he tried to claim diplomatic immunity , '' but did not qualify for it , John McFarlane of London 's Metropolitan Police told journalists outside the court Tuesday . Prosecutors said the prince 's systematic mistreatment of the victim had a sexual element . The bitings suffered by Abdulaziz were not a factor in his death , but had `` an obvious sexual connotation , '' prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw said in his opening statement two weeks ago . The two men were in London earlier this year as Al Saud took in Morocco , the Maldives and other European cities on a long global holiday with Abdulaziz as his companion . Al Saud 's lawyer , John Kelsey-Fry , said in his closing argument Monday that Al Saud `` must live with the consequences '' of having killed Abdulaziz , but he never intended to harm him . Kelsey-Fry reminded the jury that a pathologist had been unable to determine how Abdulaziz died but that only one of his injuries , by itself , could have killed him -- a compression of the neck , the barrister said , that could have been caused when Al Saud grabbed Abdulaziz briefly by the throat . An `` awful , reprehensible , culpable act , '' he said , `` but an act of murder ? '' Kelsey-Fry also challenged the prosecution 's assertion that the defendant and the victim had a master-servant relationship , telling the jury that the two men had `` enjoyed a genuine friendship . '' He also disputed suggestions from the prosecutor and several witnesses that the prince and his aide had a gay relationship . During their visit to London , the two men shared a hotel room , went shopping together and stayed out late in bars and nightclubs . Earlier in the day , prosecutor Laidlaw presented his closing argument . He told the jury they might consider drawing an `` adverse inference '' from the prince 's refusal to face questions . The case `` cries out for an explanation , '' he said , adding that the jury might care to reflect on how the prince might have answered questions about the nature of his relationship with Abdulaziz , why it was that he attacked him on more than one occasion , his account of what happened the night his aide died and why it was that he waited hours before informing anyone of his death . When he did contact authorities , Al Saud said that Abdulaziz had been assaulted by robbers three weeks earlier . He is a man , said Laidlaw , `` incapable of telling the truth . '' CNN 's Andrew Carey contributed to this report .
Prince shows no remorse , police say after the verdict . He admitted killing his aide , but says he did n't intend to . Bandar Abdulaziz died after a severe beating caused swelling of the brain . Witnesses speculated that the prince and aide had a gay relationship , but his lawyer denies it .