British banker who slaughtered two prostitutes in Hong Kong flat 'planned to fly back to Britain after slaying first woman - but decided to stay and kill again’ 

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A British banker who killed two prostitutes in his Hong Kong flat planned to book a flight back to Britain after slaying his first victim, a court heard. 

Rurik Jutting intended to return to the UK after killing 23-year-old Indonesian woman Sumarti Ningsih at his luxury apartment, the jury in his murder trial was told.

But he went on to kill a second woman, 26-year-old Seneng Mujiasih in October 2014 while high on drink and drugs.

Double killer: Rurik Jutting has lost dramatic amounts of weight since he was arrested after killing two prostitutes in an orgy of violence in Hong Kong two years ago

Chained: Jutting was seen walking through a courtyard at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre shortly before boarding a high security prison van which took him to his trial at the High Court of Hong Kong

The judge in the murder trial told the jury today to put aside any feeling of sympathy they had for the two victims in reaching their verdict.

Mr Justice Michael Stuart-Moore also told the five men and four women they should not look down on Rurik Jutting because he had an 'appalling private life.'

The judge took the jury through the two weeks of evidence while explaining the difference in law between murder and manslaughter.

Jutting, 31, has denied the murder of prostitutes Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih at his flat in Hong Kong.

He has admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

Victim: Jurors viewed harrowing iPhone footage showing his attacks on Sumarti Ningsih (pictured), whose body was later found dead in a suitcase in his Hong Kong flat 

Horrific: Officers discovered 26-year-old Seneng Mujiasih's naked body with knife wounds to her legs and buttocks

The jury will have to find Jutting's mind so was 'substantially impaired' by the drugs and two mental disorders, including sex sadism, if they are to reach a manslaughter verdict.

If he is convicted of murder the banker faces a mandatory life sentence.

Manslaughter also carries a life sentence but the judge has the power to impose a lighter sentence.

Beginning a day of summing up at Hong Kong's High Court, Mr Justice Stuart-Moore said the prosecution and defence were in agreement on many facts of the case and did not dispute the sequence of events that led to the deaths of the two women.

He said Jutting had tortured and abused his first victim, Ningsih, for three days before cutting her throat.

Defence: In interviews with two UK based psychologists Jutting admitted his life was in chaos and he was unable to control his sexual urges

Bloated: Jutting, 31, pictured in 2014 looking overweight and unshaven, has pleaded not guilty to the murders of two Indonesian sex workers

The judge said the £350,000 a year banker later went out and bought sex toys and DIY tools, including a blowtorch, to use on his second victim, Mujiasih.

The judge said: 'He had in his mind to create even more unimaginable torture.'

Mr Justice Stuart-Moore said when reaching their verdict they should put aside what they personally thought about Jutting's 'appalling private' life.

'The fact he had an appalling private life is neither here or there,' he said.

The court has heard Jutting spent close to £600,000 dollars on prostitutes and drugs. He was also addicted to watching violent porn.

Rurik Jutting (shown in a court drawing) said he took huge quantities of cocaine before clambering on to the balcony of the apartment in the Wan Chai district with some vodka and an energy drink - fearing special forces were in his home

Mr Justice Stuart-Moore urged the jury to stick to the facts of the case and not be swayed by any 'sympathy' they might have for the victims and their families while adding Jutting had carried out 'quite dreadful acts.'

Jutting showed no emotion as he sat in the dock listening to the judge repeat the evidence, including his police interviews and quoting from one of 42 rambling iPhone videos he made after the deaths.

The videos showed one of his victim's bodies and amounted to a confession to the killing as he described what had taken place in his flat.

Mr Justice Stuart-Moore said he planned to send the jury out to consider their verdict on Tuesday.