Exclusive | Rurik Jutting, British banker jailed over Hong Kong double murder, to appeal conviction
Former high-flyer in U-turn after telling court he would not appeal convictions, for murders of two Indonesian women
A British banker serving a life sentence in Hong Kong for the gruesome murders of two Indonesian women is appealing against his conviction, in a startling turnaround to a case that made international headlines.
Rurik Jutting told the court, when he was sentenced, that he had no plan to appeal his conviction over the 2014 killings. But his lawyer, Michael Vidler, confirmed a Post report on Wednesday that the Cambridge graduate lodged his appeal back in May.
Vidler said the appeal would focus on “certain aspects of the deputy judge’s directions to the jury” and expert testimony that the court had heard.
Jutting’s legal team will present its arguments at a Court of Appeal hearing on December 12.
Jutting had offered to pay the women for sex, but ended up hacking both to death in separate attacks over several days.
