Banker in court over double HK murder
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British banker Rurik Jutting appeared before a packed courtroom in Hong Kong yesterday accused of the murder of two young Indonesian women whose mutilated bodies were found in his apartment.
Wearing the same black T-shirt and dark-rimmed glasses as in previous hearings, Jutting, 30, returned to magistrates鈥 court after being deemed fit to stand trial in November following psychiatric tests.
The former Merrill Lynch Bank of America employee faces life in prison if he is convicted of the murder charges.
But the case was adjourned until May 8 after the prosecution asked for more time.
One-time securities trader Jutting, who has not yet entered a plea in the case, was attentive but looked tired. He spoke twice to say: 鈥淚 do鈥 when asked whether he understood the two charges against him.
Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih, both in their 20s, were found dead in Jutting鈥檚 upmarket flat in the early hours of November 1 after he called police.
Mujiasih was found in the living room, naked and with knife wounds to her legs and buttocks. The decaying body of Ningsih was found hours later in a suitcase on the balcony.
High-flying Cambridge graduate Jutting is being held at Hong Kong鈥檚 maximum security Siu Lam psychiatric prison.
Defence counsel Tim Parker accused the prosecution of 鈥測o-yo-ing鈥 for initially saying that they would need until July to present a case, then coming back to court, only to delay once more.
鈥淚t was an unnecessary waste of cost... My client was forced to come here,鈥 said Parker, who added that the prosecution had sent the defence its committal papers 鈥 the case documents 鈥 too late.
Magistrate Jason Wan turned down an application for costs, saying that it was 鈥渘ot unusual鈥 for a complex case to take time.
Once all the evidence is submitted, after being reviewed by both sides, the magistrate will commit the case to the High Court, which handles murder cases and where an official plea must be entered.
In a city generally regarded as safe by residents, the killings were unusually brutal and shone a spotlight on the seedy underbelly of the finance hub.
Police have said they were investigating whether the two women were sex workers after cocaine and sex toys were found in the apartment, not far from Hong Kong鈥檚 red-light district.
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