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HK jury views ‘torture’ video in Jutting trial

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HONG KONG: Jurors in the murder trial of British banker Rurik Jutting viewed harrowing iPhone footage Tuesday showing his attacks on an Indonesian woman who was later found dead in a suitcase in

Jutting, 31, is standing trial for the murders of two Indonesian women, both of whom were killed in his

The former securities trader for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch pleaded “not guilty” to the two murder charges Monday, on the grounds of diminished responsi- - slaughter, which was rejected by

Jurors Tuesday watched around 20 minutes of footage of Jutting Ningsih, 23, who prosecutor­s said was tortured for three days after

Reporters in court did not view the disturbing footage, which was shown on individual screens to ju

“Do you want me to hit you? If say no I hit you twice,” Jutting was

“If you scream I will punch you, you understand?”

Jutting repeatedly asked Ningsih

The only sound from Ningsih in the video was a muted squeal, ac

The prosecutio­n then showed a number of clips of a topless and ranting Jutting talking to the

The court heard Monday that he had cut her neck with a serrated knife in the shower after forcing

killed, murdered this woman,”

“I’ve done a lot of coke”, The start of the footage showed a brief glimpse of Ningsih’s body

“Three days of torture, rape and

“I’ve never seen anyone that

He had used pliers, sex toys and a belt in the attacks on Ningsih,

Jutting said the sense of domi

“I feel a bit sad because she was a good person, but I don’t really feel

In further clips, Jutting spoke about masturbati­on, drugs, prostitute­s, and “dark fantasies”, and quoted from He was also seen inhaling a substance

Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, 26, were found dead in Jutting’s flat in the early hours of November 1, 2014, after he

Jutting cut Mujiasih’s throat on October 31 after he had met her at a bar near his home in Wan Chai and offered her money for sex, the

Police found her in the living room while Ningsih’s body was discovered in a suitcase on Jut

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