Women’s bodies in flat: British Banker is arrested

He was identified as the 29-year-old held after police launched a murder 
investigation following the discovery at an address in the Wan Chai district in the early hours of yesterday.

Mr Jutting is a Cambridge-educated financier who resigned from his job at Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently, 
according to the South China Morning Post.

Local reports claimed the two women are believed to have been sex workers of Asian or Southeast Asian descent.

Hong Kong police have said
 one of the women – aged between 25 and 30 – was found with wounds to her neck and buttock, and pronounced dead at the scene.

The body of the other victim was found inside a suitcase on 
the balcony and she had sustained neck injuries, police 
said.

Officers were called to the address – reportedly an apartment –in the early hours and later seized a knife.

A statement from Hong 
Kong Police said: “Police are investigating a murder case in 
Wan Chai in the small hours of today (November 1) in which a foreign woman aged between 25 and 30, and another woman were killed.

“At about 3.42am, a 29-year-old foreign man made a report and requested police to investigate a case in a unit at 60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai.

“Police sped to the scene and an unconscious woman aged 25 to 30 was found lying inside the unit. Sustaining cut wounds 
to her neck and buttock, the woman was certified dead at scene.

“In the course of investigation, police found a suitcase at the balcony of the unit, and a female dead body with neck injuries was found inside the suitcase.

“Police arrested the 29-year-old man at the scene for 
murder.

“He is being detained for enquiries. A knife was seized at the scene.

“Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the causes of death of the deceased.”

The body of the woman found in the suitcase had been there for a while, Wan Chai assistant district commander for crime Wan Siu-hung told the South China Morning Post.

“We believe the woman had been dead for quite some time,” he said.

The paper reported that police recorded 14 murders in the first seven months of this year, but added that the city has a “hard-earned and well deserved” reputation as one of the safest cities in the world.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “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.”