It is the highest-profile murder case to hit the Hong Kong courts since American Nancy Kissel was accused of killing her banker husband in 2003. Hong Kong judge warns of “torture” images as British banker’s trial beginsA Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of the torture and vicious killing of two Indonesian women he is accused of murdering as the trial got under way on Monday. Michael Vidler (R), lawyer of British former banker Rurik Jutting, arrives with an unidentified woman at High Court in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong, a former British colony, still retains a British legal system after being handed back to China in 1997. Outside the High Court, about a dozen of their representatives held placards reading “Justice for Wanchai Murder Victim” and “Stop Violence”.

Source: Hindustan Times October 24, 2016 07:30 UTC