British
'psycho' banker Rurik Jutting was today sent for psychiatric tests to
determine if he is fit to stand trial for the murders of two Indonesian
prostitutes.
Jutting,
29, originally from Cobham, Surrey, appeared in a short court hearing
in Hong Kong this morning charged with the double murder.
The
judge adjourned proceedings for two weeks while the psychiatric
assessments are carried out and the banker was remanded in custody.
As he left court, Jutting was pictured chuckling in the back of a prison van surrounded by security guards wearing face masks.
His
lawyer, who did not speak during the hearing, said he had not yet
agreed to take part in a police reconstruction at the crime scene, but
did not rule out giving consent in future.
Sumarti Ningshi, a mother-of-one from Indonesia, was killed and stuffed into a suitcase at Jutting's flat
Seneng Mujiasih, who used the
pseudonym Jesse Lorena Ruri, moved from her village in Indonesia to
start a new life in Hong Kong after telling her parents that she was
going to work in a restaurant
More than 100 people attended a vigil for the two victims today, where many called for 'justice' for the women
Prior
to his arrest, Jutting, who studied at Cambridge University, sent a
message to his former girlfriend of six months, Ariane Guarin (pictured
together above), asking her to fly over to Hong Kong to visit him for a
week
Miss Guarin, who had a six-month relationship with Jutting, said she felt 'lucky' not to have flown out to stay with him.
She said: ‘I had a problem applying for my passport because I don’t have a valid identity card.
'He wanted me to stay for a week with him but I couldn’t go without a passport.
'I feel lucky. I am really thankful that it wasn’t me.’
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