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British banker fit to stand trial in HK murders

Judge agrees to delay trial until July 6

Published Mon, Nov 24, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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    Hong Kong

    A BRITISH banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was on Monday ruled fit to stand trial, but there will be a delay of months as prosecutors comb over forensic evidence found with the victims' mutilated bodies in his Hong Kong apartment.

    Judge Bina Chainrai said Rurik Jutting, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch employee, was mentally fit to face murder charges after two weeks of examinations at the maximum-security Siu Lam psychiatric centre.

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