HK double killing suspect grins leaving court
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A BRITISH banker charged with the grisly murders of two women flashed a smile as he left a Hong Kong court yesterday, after his case was adjourned so he can undergo psychiatric evaluation.
The 29-year-old securities trader who until recently worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is accused of killing two young Indonesian women whose bodies were found at his upmarket apartment in the southern Chinese city.
Rurik Jutting shot a grin from the back of a prison van following the hearing.
The case was “adjourned for two psychiatric reports on the defendant’s fitness to plead,” said principal magistrate Bina Chainrai.
Psychiatric reports by two doctors are required under Hong Kong law, prosecutor Louise Wong said.
Jutting is being held at Hong Kong’s maximum security Siu Lam psychiatric center, Wong confirmed.
Siu Lam holds prisoners and detainees “who require psychiatric observation, treatment, assessment or special psychological care,” according to its website.
Jutting will next appear on November 24, Chainrai said.
He remained impassive during the brief hearing at Hong Kong’s Eastern Magistrate’s court — his second appearance after being charged a week ago.
Jutting spoke only once to say “I do” when the magistrate asked him whether he understood the arrangements.
Prosecutor Wong told the court that a reconstruction of the crime “has not yet been conducted because the defendant did not give consent.”
“We can’t force him,” she added.
Defence lawyer Tim Parker said that Jutting had not agreed to a reconstruction “yet” — but may do in future.
Parker also applied to obtain video recordings of interviews police had conducted with Jutting.
The bodies of Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih, both in their 20s, are due to be flown home to Indonesia this morning, Indonesian consulate officials in Hong Kong said.
Their corpses were discovered after Jutting called police to his flat in the city’s Wanchai neighborhood in the early hours of November 1.
Seneng was found naked with knife wounds to her neck and buttocks.
Sumarti’s body was found hours later, stuffed into a suitcase on the balcony.
According to court documents, she was killed on October 27.
Police are investigating whether the victims were sex workers.
Wanchai is known for its late-night drinking holes popular with expatriate revellers, and is home to a thriving red light district.
High-flyer Jutting was a pupil at the exclusive English boarding school Winchester College before studying history and law at Cambridge University.
On October 27 he posted on his Facebook page that he was embarking on a “new journey.”
On that same date, his licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for dealing in and advising on securities was cancelled, according to its website.
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