Hong Kong Banker Rurik Jutting Guilty of Murdering Two Women
- Rurik Jutting sentenced to life in prison after jury’s verdict
- Jurors returned unanimous decisions on two murder charges
Rurik Jutting in Nov. 2014.
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Rurik Jutting, a former Bank of America Corp. employee, was found guilty of murdering two women in his Hong Kong apartment in 2014 and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail.
A nine-member jury returned unanimous decisions on the two murder charges in the High Court on Tuesday after six hours of deliberation. The trial, which began Oct. 24, featured evidence of torture and Jutting’s drug and alcohol abuse in the deaths of the women, both Indonesian nationals.