A Hong Kong jury was played about 20 minutes of video in which Rurik Jutting apparently tortures Sumarti Ningsih, 23. The media and public could not view it but heard the audio.
The video was shown on the second day of Jutting ‘s trial for the murders of Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, 26. Their bodies were found in his apartment near the city’s red-light district in 2014.
At one point he can be heard saying: “If you scream I will punish you. Understand?” Then the sound of smacking and slapping is heard, and later the sound of a woman whimpering. Jutting then tells her not to cry.
Later, both jurors and the public gallery were shown hours of iPhone video in which Jutting, wearing no clothes, delivers an extended rambling monologue to the camera. “My name is Rurik Jutting. About five minutes ago I just killed, murdered, this woman here,” he says while moving it to show her body in his bathroom.
He says on camera he held the woman captive and raped her repeatedly and how he felt no guilt or emotion after killing Sumarti. “I’ve always had dark fantasies” involving rape, torture, murder, he said.
He is seen snorting what appeared to be cocaine several times in the videos, which were filmed over eight days. “I have killed two. The first one I tortured. There will be no redemption for me, but they are dancing with angels,” he said.
Both women went to his apartment after Jutting offered them money for sex. Prosecutors said he killed them by slitting their throats.
Jutting, 31, has pleaded not guilty to murder. Prosecutors rejected his attempt to plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
The trial is scheduled to continue Wednesday and continue for three weeks.
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