British Banker Appears In Court Charged With Murdering Two Women In Hong Kong

Two women were found dead at Rurik Jutting’s home; one was discovered in a suitcase on the balcony.

A British banker has appeared in court charged with murder after two women were found dead in his apartment in Hong Kong.

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Police found the victims in Rurik Jutting’s home in the Wan Chai area on Saturday morning.

One of the women was reportedly found with knife wounds to her neck and buttocks. The other was found wrapped in a carpet and placed in a suitcase on the balcony.

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The woman discovered in the suitcase is believed to have been dead for “quite some time”, police said.

Jutting, 29, appeared before the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

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The BBC reported the Briton told the court he understood the charges against him and was remanded in custody, due to appear again next week.

A statement by Hong Kong police said officers had arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the murder of two women.

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The victims have not been officially named by police, but the China Morning Post has named the woman found on the balcony as Sumarti Ningsih, a 25-year-old Indonesian woman. Both women are reported to have been sex workers.

The pair are believed to have been killed days apart. The Post also quoted a police source as claiming a small amount of cocaine was also found in the apartment.

According to ITV, a spokesman for Bank of America Merrill Lynch confirmed that Jutting worked at the bank until recently.

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The BBC claimed he resigned from the bank a week ago, and a LinkedIn profile suggests he went to Cambridge University.

The Foreign Office said in a statement: "We can confirm that a British national has been arrested in Hong Kong.

"We are in touch with the local police and stand ready to provide consular assistance."