British Banker Filmed Hong Kong Torture on iPhone

Almost two years ago, in the early hours of 1 November 2014, Hong Kong police received a call from British banker Rurik Jutting. He requested that police come to his upscale apartment complex in the busy district of Wan Chai so that he could surrender himself.

And so began the unravelling of the grisly crime that sent shockwaves throughout Hong Kong. Upon searching the apartment police found the bodies of two Indonesian women, one of which was stuffed into a suitcase on Jutting’s balcony.

Now, the time has come for British banker, and accused double murderer, Rurik Jutting, to face the Hong Kong High Court. The delay in the case coming to trial is said to be due to the sheer volume of evidence.

Prosecutors allege that Jutting brutally murdered the two women, one of whom he tortured for three days. Even more disturbing, the now 31-year-old Jutting, recorded parts of the torture and murders on his iPhone. The video evidence is so graphic that jurors are required to view them in a separate room.

The two murdered women were later identified as Sumarti Ningsih (23) and Seneng Mujiasih (26). Both women had been migrant workers in Hong Kong at the time of their murder.

Jutting initially pleaded not guilty, before changing his plea to guilty of two counts of manslaughter and one count of unlawful burial. The prosecution, however, is having none of it, and will be pressing for a murder conviction.

According to prosecutors, Jutting recorded himself describing the manner in which he raped one of the women. He then allegedly purchased pliers, a hammer, plastic ties, sheets of sandpaper, among other items, before the second woman was lured inside the apartment.

While Jutting did not give a plea in 2014, psychology reports state that he was legally fit to stand trial.

The jury trial is expected to last approximately three weeks.