The Saudi Government has denied any wrongdoing but has hinted the journalist’s murder may have been the outcome of a botched interrogation by “rogue” employees.

Turkish newspaper The Sabah reported overnight that Mr Khashoggi’s excruciating final moments may have been recorded on his Apple watch.

Turkish forensic police officers search for evidence at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 17 after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Picture: Ozan Kose/AFPSource:AFP

Turkishforensic officers search the garage at the Istanbul home of Saudi Arabia's Consul General Mohammad al-Otaibi on October 17. Picture: Ozan Kose/AFP

Turkish police officers work in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate general residence as investigations continue into the disappearance and suspected murder of Jamal Khashoggi . Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

The paper claimed the device captured incriminating conversations between Saudi officials as they brutalised their victim and that Mr Khashoggi can be heard screaming as his fingers are hacked off before he was “injected with an unknown drug”.

It said Saudi Consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi is heard on the tape telling those allegedly torturing the journalist: “Do this outside; you’re going to get me in trouble.”

His comment was reportedly met with the reply: “Shut up if you want to live when you return to (Saudi) Arabia”.

Mr al-Otaibi, who fled Turkey after the alleged killing, has been relieved of his post and will face an investigation, an official government statement said.

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud has said claims “about orders to kill [Mr Khashoggi] are lies and baseless allegations against the government of the kingdom”.

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