
British banker Rurik Jutting was today found guilty of the 'sadistic' murder of two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat as a judge described the killer's 'psychopathic traits'.

The 31-year-old will now serve a life sentence after being convicted at a trial that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture.

Twisted Jutting said he was 'sorry beyond words' and 'haunted' by the double murder of Indonesian women Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih.

'The evil I have inflicted can never be rescinded by me in words and actions,' he wrote in a letter read out to court.

'I am haunted by the memory of my actions towards (the victims) and the knowledge of the acute pain I have caused to their loved ones, in particular Sumarti Ningsih's young son who is now motherless. For what it may be worth, I am sorry. I am sorry beyond words.'

But trial judge Mr Justice Stuart-Moore ripped into the 'sadistic' murderer saying descriptions of 'evil' and a 'monster' were not adequate for the horror he had inflicted on his victims.

'This must rank as one of the most horrific murders cases to come before the court in Hong Kong. There are insufficient superlatives to describe what was done to Sumarti Ningsih and what he had in mind for Seneng Mujiasih,' he told the court.

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Guilty: British banker Rurik Jutting was today convicted of murdering two Indonesian sex workers at his luxury flat in Hong Kong. The 31-year-old Cambridge graduate who is obsessed with sadism and pornography now faces life in jail

The 31-year-old faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted at a trial that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture

A bloodied knife could be seen among a box of evidence used to convict the murderer as police left Hong Kong's High Court today

Victims: Indonesian prostitutes Sumarti Ningsih, 23, left, Seneng Mujiasih, 26, were murdered by cocaine-addled Jutting as he acted out his depraved sexual fantasies after years of watching violent porn. The women's parents have called for Jutting to be given the death penalty

Taken away: An armed policeman guards the entrance as a prison car carrying 'sadistic' British banker Rurik Jutting leaves High Court

As the nine jurors filed into the packed courtroom today, Jutting, who was wearing an open neck blue shirt, had licked his lips and shuffled a pile of papers in front of him.

Three prison officers in green uniforms flanked him as he waited for the verdict. A ripple of applause broke out in the packed courtroom when the jury foreman delivered two 'guilty' verdicts. Jutting showed no emotion.

His lawyer, Tim Owen, QC, asked the judge if he could read out a hand-written note Jutting had given him before jurors returned their verdict.

'My actions in respect of Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Musiasih and in the day proceeding the death of Sumarti Ningsih were horrific by any standard of homicide trials,' the note said.

'I observed that the nine members of the jury were observant and thoughtful. They have delivered their verdict to which I cannot and do not have any objections.

'I am aware I face two life sentences with a low probability of release on parole even in the distant future. I accept this as just and appropriate punishment.'

Jurors had watched as one of the women begged for her life as she was forced to lick a toilet bowl before Jutting savagely slit her throat.

He also made a video showing off his 'torture kit' that included a blowtorch and sex toy wrapped in sandpaper, which he intended to use on his next victim.

The depraved banker had chillingly described how he would go hunting for his next 'prey' after killing his first victim, Sumarti Ningsih, and stuffing her mutilated body in a suitcase on the balcony of his luxury flat in Hong Kong's red light district.

Smirk of a killer: Cambridge graduate Jutting, who attended £34,000-a-year Winchester College, grins as he is driven in a police van at an earlier hearing in Hong Kong. Jutting has admitted he has spent £600,000 on cocaine and prostitutes

Emergency crew are pictured removing the body of one of Rurik Jutting's Indonesian victims on November 1, 2014

Crime scene: Pictures show the Hong Kong apartment balcony of double murderer Rurik Jutting

A box of evidence, including a bloodied knife, was taken away from the court after the verdict today

Police carry away boxes of documents relating to the double murder trial of the British former banker Rurik Jutting

Evidence: In condemning the 31-year-old banker the judge said the rape and torture of Jutting's first victim and what he planned for his second victim were 'beyond most people's imagination'

Jutting was defended by Tim Owen, QC, (right) who told the court the banker's addiction to drugs and drink meant he no longer had control of what he was doing

Police later found 26 empty plastic bags in his apartment and Jutting said he had bought around 50g to see him through the 72 hour torture ordeal before then going out to buy more.

The family of his second victim, Seneng Mujiasih, today said they want to see him executed.

The jury deliberated for five hours before returning their verdict. The court heard Jutting will apply to transfer to Britain to serve the rest of his sentence.

Jutting, a £350,000 a year trader with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, had claimed he was out of his mind on drugs and drink when he carried out the double murders in October 2014.

Two top British psychiatrists flew from the UK to give evidence and said Jutting was also suffering from narcissistic personality disorder and sexual sadism disorder.

THE 'SADISTIC SEXUAL PREDATOR' WHO SUNK TO THE 'DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY' Rurik Jutting was a sadistic sexual predator who sunk to the 'depths of depravity' and will pose an 'immense danger' if ever release, according to the trial judge. Mr Justice Stuart-Moore ripped into Jutting saying the descriptions of 'evil' and a 'monster' were not adequate enough for the horror he inflicted on his victims. He said the banker was a 'sexual predator' who would kill again if ever release. The judge said no sex worker would be safe. In condemning the 31-year-old banker the judge said the rape and torture of Jutting's first victim and what he planned for his second victim were 'beyond most people's imagination.' 'We have been made to dredge the depths of depravity from the description of the three days of torture which he subjected his first victim to,' he said. Rurik Jutting (shown in a court drawing) showed not a flicker of emotion to the highly charged speech by the judge who said he had not shown a 'shred of remorse' for the murders Rurik Jutting was a sadistic sexual predator who sunk to the 'depths of depravity' and will pose an 'immense danger' if ever release, according to the trial judge. Police are pictured outside the court today 'This must rank as one of the most horrific murders cases to come before the court in Hong Kong. 'There are insufficient superlatives to describe what was done to Sumarti Ningsih and what he had in mind for Seneng Musiasih. 'They are almost beyond belief when the defendant was given every possible start in life.' The judge had said before speaking that he would tailor his remarks so that they will be studied by UK authorities. Lawyers for Jutting said he is hoping to be transferred to serve his life sentence in a UK jail. On his return to the UK he will have to be re-sentenced. Mr Justice Stuart-Moore said given Jutting's 'sadistic and psychopathic traits' he would be a high-risk person to commit further sex violence. As Jutting stared straight at the judge he said the banker would be an 'immense danger if he is ever given liberty beyond the prison gates.' He added: 'Had this been in the UK I would have commended the sentence be a full life term, but I have no such power here.' Party boy: Jutting's life was a heady mix of high pressure, multimillion pound deals on the trading floor for Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) by day and trawling Hong Kong's nightspots in the Wan Chai red light district looking for prostitutes. At weekends Jutting would visit girlfriends in the Philippines, pictured with a group of women A motorcade transported British banker Rurik Jutting to the High Court in Hong Kong before the verdict was delivered The judge said Jutting had sunk to the 'depths of depravity' in using cocaine and alcohol to fuel his sadistic fantasies. He said his first victim had been so terrified by his threats, including one that he was part of a gang who kidnapped and tortured women, that she 'put up no resistance'. 'This so terrified this defenceless woman into believing that she would die if she did not allow him to do whatever he wanted. She put up no resistance even to his most depraved acts. 'No wonder she was scared. She weighed 37kg and he was 200kg.' The judge said Jutting has been described as evil and a monster but added: 'Neither are adequate to bring home the true horror of what he did to that woman. Mr Justice Stuart-Moore went on to describe the torture equipment bought by Jutting but said he would not read out to the court what he did as they were so vile. He said Jutting had videoed the torture so that he could get pleasure from watching it again while the wounds suffered by the women were 'utterly grotesque'. 'The defendant is the archetypal sexual predator, when affected by cocaine and alcohol he represents an extreme danger to women and particularly those in the sex trade. 'He is morally corrupted by drugs, pornography, and alcohol and a life of debauchery with a huge salary to fund his depravity. Jutting showed not a flicker of emotion to the highly charged speech by the judge who said he had not shown a 'shred of remorse' for the murders. A police van carrying the banker is pictured outside court 'Nothing short of sadistic torture of victims and the killing of young women could satisfy his sexual desires.' Jutting showed not a flicker of emotion to the highly charged speech by the judge who said he had not shown a 'shred of remorse' for the murders. He dismissed the statement that had been read to the court saying the closest he had come to remorse was saying he felt sorry for the victim's families. The judge said Jutting almost boasted about the killing, was proud of what he had done and had grown up with a loving family, good education and job 'No sex worker is safe from him if he is free to indulge his sexual cravings.' The judge warned that Jutting could kill again if ever freed. 'This is one of those rare cases where a repetition of murder is highly likely if he ever gains his liberty in the future. 'Given his sadistic and psychopathic traits he is considered to be a high risk person to commit sex violence again. The judge had said one of the Hong Kong Government psychiatrists had written that Jutting still had sexual fantasies while in prison.' Jutting's lawyers have said he will apply to serve his sentence in Britain, where prisoners can in some cases apply for parole after a fixed number of years. The judge agreed for an application to be filed, but said he would inform the authorities in Britain exactly what they would be dealing with and urged caution against falling for Jutting's 'superficial charm'. As he concluded, the judge looked at Jutting and told him he was passing a life sentence, saying: 'You will go to prison for life.' The judge added, 'take him away' and Jutting was escorted from the dock to begin his sentence. Before dismissing the jury he said because the evidence they heard was so horrific he would excuse them from jury service for life. He also said he would double their £80 a day attendance allowance. The judge said the deaths of the two women showed the dangers sex workers face He said: 'Both victims were in the sex trade. The defendant had for many years in Hong Kong and around the world used the services of sex workers on a regular basis and increased his pleasure by using cocaine. 'There is no section in society that is more at risk of violent assault or death than sex workers who work on their own. 'Because they are so vulnerable the law pays attention to their protection and unless sanctions are severe others might use violence on defenceless women.' Advertisement

A combination of the orders they told the court meant he was not in control of his actions.

The Cambridge University educated banker had pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

But prosecutors refused to accept the guilty plea and insisted he be tried for murder.

After listening to and watching some of the most distressing evidence ever heard in a Hong Kong courtroom the jury rejected the manslaughter plea.

They found Jutting was a sexual sadist who took pleasure in inflicting pain on women.

The deaths of 23-year-old Sumarti Ningsih and 26-year-old Seneng Mujiasih were the result of Jutting acting out his depraved sexual fantasies after years of watching violent porn.

The banker's parents and younger brother from Surrey were not in court to see him convicted and had not attended any of the trial.

Angelic schoolboy to bloated cocaine user: Jutting, pictured left as a public schoolboy had the world at his feet when he left Cambridge after studying History. He started on the Barclays Bank training programme and then moved to BAML where he had a stellar career as a £350,000-a-year trader. But he gorged himself on cocaine and junk food which left him overweight

Jutting had showed almost no emotion as he sat behind a glass-fronted dock in courtroom 36 at Hong Kong's High court during the trial lasting two weeks.

He was almost unrecognisable from the bloated and unshaven man who photographed after his arrest two years ago.

The jury of five men and four women were told how the high flying banker's life spiraled out of control due to his addiction to cocaine, violent porn and prostitutes.

They had been warned some of the evidence, including 43 videos made by Jutting on his iPhone, would be 'shocking and disturbing

Those videos would form part of a self-confession by the bloated banker as he delivered several rambling monologues

Several of female jurors could barely watch the films where a naked Jutting showed the body of his first victim lying on the floor with her throat cut.

In one 20-minute video Jutting could be heard saying: 'How much do you love me. If you say yes, I will hit you once. If you say no I will hit you twice. If you scream, I will punch you.'

In another he says to the camera: ' It's Monday night, I've held her captive since early Saturday. I've raped her repeatedly, tortured her, tortured her badly.'

Jutting was no stranger to Ningsih having met her two weeks previously at a hotel near his home.

He had rough sex with the prostitute who told friends she had not enjoyed the experience.

When Jutting called her again she agreed to meet at his flat setting in motion his plan of torture and rape.

Porn obsession: Jutting pictured with his last girlfriend, Filipino Joanna Mendoza, whom he spent his final weekends before his horrific murder spree. Joanna said: 'I miss him and I still have feelings for him in spite of everything that's happened.'

Sadistic: The jury of five men and four women were told how the high flying banker's life spiralled out of control due to his addiction to cocaine, violent porn and prostitutes. He made frequent trips to the Philippines to visit women, pictured

Tough: Jutting has been held at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre since his arrest for killing of the two Indonesian prostitutes in Hong Kong in October 2014

First he tied her up and shaved her eyebrows in an attempt he said to 'dehumanize her'.

He whipped her with a belt and used pliers on her nipples with the violence, fuelled by cocaine, escalating all the time.

Ningsih, who was known to friends as Alice, was made to eat faeces from a toilet bowl and repeatedly raped.

All the time Jutting threatened he would kill her if she did not cooperate and at other times told her he loved her.

Shortly before her death Jutting made her lick out a toilet bowl and remarked that she did it with a smile on her face.

After three days of humiliation, pain and degradation he cut her throat.

'Three days of torture, rape and mentally brutalised,' he said of her time with him in one of his videos seized by police and used in the prosecution case.

As her ordeal came to an end he made her lick out a toilet bowl and whispered in her ear 'I love you' before slitting her throat.

Ningsih didn't die instantly so Jutting dragged her into the shower where he sawed at her neck with the knife.

A pathologist said her head was almost decapitated and left attached by a small piece of skin.

Flushed with his first murder, Jutting began recording his thoughts on the iPhone.

'My name is Rurik Jutting, about five minutes ago, I just killed, murdered this one ... oh s**t'.

'Three days of torture, rape and mentally brutalised,' he said.

Forensics are pictured working on the balcony of Rurik Jutting's apartment in Hong Kong in November 2014

Forensics search his penthouse apartment: When police searched Jutting's flat, pictured, after he told them he had murdered Seneng, his last victim, they found the decomposing body of Sumarti in a suitcase who he had murdered five days earlier

Luxury apartment: As Jutting's life spiralled out of control he became absent from his job at BAML and spent more and more time in his suite where he gorged himself on a diet of fatty takeaways, cocaine and prostitutes

Driven to court: Jutting's trial was shown 43 'shocking' and 'disturbing' iPhone videos he had made after he had tortured and brutalised the women he had murdered. After seeing some of the most distressing evidence ever heard in a Hong Kong courtroom the jury rejected the manslaughter plea

Rurik Jutting's lawyer Michael Vidler (right), leaves the High Court after meeting his client. Jutting was defended in court by Tim Owen (left), QC, who told the court the banker's addiction to drugs and drink meant he no longer had control of what he was doing

'She was my property and there to please me,' Jutting spoke into his iPhone camera in one of his first videos after the killing. 'Frankly, I am addicted.'

In another clip Jutting said: 'This is the first person I have ever killed. I murdered her I cut her throat in the bathroom.

'To be precise I cut her throat while forcing her, well she was voluntarily, bending over on her hands and knees licking the dirty toilet bowl.'

Swigging intermittently from a bottle of water and frequently snorting cocaine he went on: 'I've done quite a bit of coke.

'That's why drug dealers need to stop dealing large amounts of drugs.

'It is not a good business policy to supply someone with enough cocaine for three days.'

'I thought it would be easy, it would have been easier to strangle her now my bathroom is a f*****g mess.'

A MOTHERLESS CHILD FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE: HOW FAMILIES HAVE SUFFERED AFTER THEIR 'BREADWINNERS' WERE KILLED The devastated families of the two women murdered by Rurik Jutting have described how they have suffered since their deaths - and how a seven-year-old boy has been left motherless. Seneng Mujiasih and Sumarti Ningsih were both Indonesian domestic workers and the breadwinners for their loved ones. The pair supplemented their incomes by working as prostitutes in the clubs of the Wan Chai red light district and advertising their services on Craigslist. Mujiasih would send home just over £300 every two months to her family, which they would use to pay, or medicine for her elderly mother. 'The family was devastated over her death as she was the only daughter and the main support for the parent,' said Suswantoro Mujiasih, whose sister Seneng had her throat cut. 'Her only brother has married so unable to support both parent and elderly grandmother. Motherless: Victim Ningsih, 26, had a son called Muhammed, now aged seven, being cared for by her parents. The family are said to be so poor they cannot afford to send him to school. Pictured: Ningsih's mother Suratmi cradling her grandson at the time of the murders Devastated and in poverty: Sumarti's mother said she loved coming home and would spend hours in the kitchen, cooking and baking traditional Indonesian desserts for the family. Pictured: Her family with her death certificate 'Since the death of Seneng, his mother has suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure which damaged her eye sight. The father is unable to work any more because he needs to take care of his wife and elderly grandmother. Once a week the family has to buy medicine for the mother.' The family of Ningsih said the biggest concern was for the welfare of her seven-year-old son. Without the money the 23-year-old sent back to Indonesia the family are unable to continue with the youngster's education. They said Jutting should pay compensation and they also asked the Indonesian Government for compensation to keep the boy in school. The statement described Ningsih as the 'breadwinner' for the family and said since her death the family has struggled financially. Her older brother Suyitno said the family were poor farmers from the Cilaclap area of central Java. He said Ningsih's elder sister has disappeared and is feared dead. She left behind her in the care of the parents. Ningsih did the same when she found work in Hong Kong as a domestic helper. She had married at the age of 17 and had her child a year later. In 2011 she first moved to Hong Kong for work. Heartbroken: Seneng, who was known as Jesse Lorena in Hong Kong, sent her family in the poor village of Sido Makmur, south Sulawesi, up to £1,000 at a time. Pictured: Her mother Juminem and father Mujiharjo Suyitno said the family's life improved as Ningsih sent home money. 'During that period, she diligently called our family and sent money home so our economy was more improved because we had a stable income,' he said. Afterward, she returned home for few months and left to Hong Kong. Shortly after, she went back and stayed at home for few months then she left to Hong Kong again. 'After that, we heard that she had been killed in Hong Kong. We were very devastated by the death of Sumarti Ningsih. 'This incident is a tragedy to our family. We lost our two daughters and two sisters. 'It's hard for us to accept this reality. After the death of Sumarti our family economy has gone worsening, as she was the onlybreadwinner. 'Our parents are getting older and incapable to perform heavy work. Sumarti's seven year old son has no more guarantee for his future.' He said the family plan to sue Jutting for compensation. 'On behalf of our family, I hope the perpetrator will be punished severely according to what he had done to Sumarti Ningsih and other victim. 'I also demand compensation from this perpetrator. 'I also demand the Indonesian government to provide scholarships to Sumarti Ningsih's son so he will be able to finish his school at least until high school because we have no more income to ensure his education.' Advertisement

He then paused and said:'I must come across as a f*****g a******e.

'To be honest these are the actions of someone who shouldn't really be in society.'

Recalling how he killed her Jutting said:'She was crying. She was the bravest person I have ever met. Her will to live was amazing.

'I think she had a child, she was a mother and she was just supporting her family doing a difficult job in Hong Kong.'

Ningsih's body was wrapped in plastic and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the balcony.

The court heard Jutting had been snorting up to 20g of cocaine a day – enough to put an ordinary person in a coma.

The drug was said to have given him 'Dutch courage' to carry out his darkest sexual fantasies, which had been building up after years of watching violent pornography.

Following Ningsih's death he wrapped he body in plastic and crammed it into a suitcase which he left on his balcony.

Over the next three days he snorted 'industrial quantities' of cocaine with his personal dealer Marvin on speed dial.

In one film Jutting talked about flying back to the UK and handing himself in.

Instead, he went out to buy sex toys and a gruesome array of DIY tools he planned to use in torture.

He met his second victim at a club in the Wan Chai red light district yards from his flat and invited her back with the promise of £200 for sex.

Inside the one bed flat were the gruesome array of tools included a blowtorch and a sex toy that he had wrapped in coarse sandpaper. He also bought nails and a hammer.

Fresh faced: In the most recent photograph seen of the double murderer during his two week trial, Jutting is almost unrecognisable from the overweight bloated and unshaven man who was arrested two years ago

Police escort: Every morning for his fortnight-long trial Jutting was led through a courtyard at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to a high security prison van which took him to Hong Kong's High Court. He showed no emotion as he sat behind a glass-fronted dock in courtroom 36

In yet another video he boasted that he was going to be has 'inhumane as possible' and fantasised about gouging out the prostitute's eyes

Like his first victim, Mujiasih was from Indonesia and was in Hong Kong working as a domestic helper.

She had turned to prostitution to earn extra money to send home to her family in a remote village in Southeast Sulawesi.

Jutting, who slept with hundreds of prostitutes from his early 20s, liked Asian women because they were small and he could dominate them, the court heard.

Mujiasih undressed for sex but when she saw he had a makeshift gag made from rope and a condom began to scream and shout.

Jutting held a knife he had hidden under a cushion to her throat and threatened to kill her if she didn't stay quiet.

When she continued to struggle he cut her throat.

Soon after Jutting called police and made a call to his mum Helen and bank bosses saying he was 'in trouble' they needed to protect their reputation.

Jutting was defended by Tim Owen, QC, who told the court the banker's addiction to drugs and drink meant he no longer had control of what he was doing.

He said Jutting had been sexually abused while at top public school Winchester College and had sought out gay sex encounters with pre-op transsexuals and lady boys.

Owen told the court Jutting was obsessed with watching violent porn and even fantasised about kidnapping three British schoolgirls and keeping them as sex slaves.

Broadmoor psychiatrist Professor Derek Perkins and Dr Richard Latham told the court a combination of the mental disorders on top of 'industrial quantities of cocaine' meant Jutting did not have control of his actions.

Rurik Jutting, the public schoolboy born into privilege with the world at his feet... who threw it all away over his lust for porn, cocaine and prostitutes

Rurik Jutting's parents chose to stay away from their son's Hong Kong murder trial.

Perhaps Graham and Helen Jutting could not face listening the horror the Cambridge educated banker had inflicted on two Indonesian sex workers.

The couple had made every sacrifice to give their son Rurik the best opportunities in life. They had put him through £34,000-a-year Winchester College, and no doubt felt huge pride when he gained a place at Cambridge.

Legal sources revealed he has been visited in jail in Hong Kong by both his parents and younger brother Auryn while awaiting trial.

But the stress of his arrest for double murder is believed to have caused the break-up of his parent's marriage.

School days: Jutting pictured as an angelic looking six year old in his primary school picture at Wallop School in Weybridge, Surrey. A former classmate at the school said he was 'a bit of a strange chap' and 'wasn't very popular'

Privilege: Jutting attended the £34,000-a-year Winchester College after winning a scholarship and went on to graduate from Cambridge University, pictured. Jutting has an IQ of 137 making him in the top percent for intelligence in the country

Graham, an engineer, and Helen Jutting sold their picturesque cottage in Chobham, Surrey, two months ago for £850,000.

The couple, who are in their 50s, have never spoken about their eldest son's arrest two years ago after the bodies of two women were found at his luxury high rise flat in Hong Kong's red light district of Wan Chai.

The marriage split came as Jutting was being held on remand at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre in Kowloon.

A legal source said Jutting's parents had flown out to see him earlier this year, but did not travel together for the prison visit.

'His father saw him on his own and his mother came with the younger brother,' said the source.

'It is all very sad because the parents are getting divorced. They are private people but you can only guess the enormous strain this has put on them.'

Neither Graham or Helen, the daughter of a decorated Hong Kong police officer, were in court during the trial to listen to the shocking evidence.

Bright student: From age four to eight, he went to the now-closed Wallop prep school, before attending Abberley Hall, a boarding school in Worcestershire. A neighbour said his parents spent their spare money on their children's education

The British banker accused of the murder of two prostitutes in Hong Kong was raised in a wealthy family and attended a £34,000-a-year boarding school.

Rurik Jutting, 31, grew up in leafy Surrey where his father, Graham, worked as an engineer and his mother, Helen, ran a nursery class.

Jutting lived with them in Grade II-listed mansion called Foxwarren, which was the inspiration for Toad Hall in the classic book The Wind in the Willows.

He denied murdering Sumarti Ningsih, 23 and Seneng Mujiasih, 26, whose bodies were found in his apartment.

From the age of four to eight, he attended to the now-closed Wallop prep school, before attending Abberley Hall, a boarding school in Worcestershire.

His current situation is a far cry from his life in 1990, when he was pictured as an angelic six-year-old at Wallop Preparatory School in Weybridge, Surrey.

But a former classmate at the school said he was 'a bit of a strange chap' and 'wasn't very popular'.

He told the Daily Telegraph: 'I just woke up this morning to a phone call from one my classmates and he said 'you'll never guess what, Rurik is on the news'.

'He was in my class for a couple of years. He never really made a fuss about anything, he just seemed really quiet. He wasn't the most popular kid in the school.'

He then moved to the prestigious Winchester College before winning a place at Peterhouse College in Cambridge.

His contemporaries at school have described Jutting as 'arrogant'.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, friends from Jutting's Winchester College days described him as 'very sharp, very bright, and perceptive' and 'more a leader than a follower' while a pupil at the exclusive school.

Speaking anonymously, one said they assumed Jutting was looking for a job reference when his name appeared in the subject line of an e-mail following his arrest in 2014.

Sold up: Jutting lived with his parents Graham and Helen in Grade II-listed mansion called Foxwarren, which was the inspiration for Toad Hall in the classic book The Wind in the Willows. Legal sources have told MailOnline the stress of the case has led to the Juttings' marriage breakdown. They have now sold the property where Jutting grew up, pictured

'If they had been looking for a reference, I'd have said: I wouldn't want to spend more than an hour in a room with him, but he was incredibly bright.'

Another Winchester contemporary added: 'I'd say he was - it may seem surprising - rather attractive.

'He had a sort of controlled poise and a certain understated smugness, a sort of superior air, but lightly worn. He seemed quite detached. I'd never have described him as affable.'

Former schoolmates also spoke of their shock at seeing Jutting looking bloated in recent photographs - adding that they remember him as being 'slim, tanned and attractive.'

During his time at Cambridge, Jutting joined the rowing club and was the secretary of Clio, the undergraduate history society.

He studied law and history at Peterhouse College in the mid-2000s.

A senior member of the university told the Daily Mail: 'He was a bit of an action man, always on the move.

'I never heard about him getting into any serious trouble, so this comes as a real surprise.'

During his career in banking, Jutting is said to have quickly acquired a taste for the high life.

After graduating, he embarked on a high-flying career in banking, working first for Barclays and then Merrill Lynch in London.

He then moved with the latter to Hong Kong where he was reportedly earning £350,000 a year by the time he quit his job.

It was while working in Hong Kong that Jutting is said to have developed an obsession with having sex with 'two or three women' and hosting drug-fuelled sex parties that lasted for days at a time.

By the time of his arrest on suspicion of murdering the two young women found dead in his apartment, Jutting cut an entirely different figure to the brawny public schoolboy he once was, with photographs showing him looking bleary-eyed, bloated and surrounded by Asian sex workers.

Jutting had been in Hong Kong since July 2013, having transferred from Merrill Lynch's London office where he had worked since July 2010, according to his profile on LinkedIn.

High achiever: During his time at Cambridge, Jutting joined the rowing club and was secretary of the history society

Prior to that, he worked as a trader in capital markets at Barclays in London.

He also enjoyed skiing holidays in Courchevel, the Alpine playground for the elite, and when in London he relaxed at a private members' club in Shoreditch.

He mysteriously quit his job in the days around the first murder.

A colleague who claims to have worked with Jutting at the Merrill Lynch offices in Hong Kong said the alleged killer had been under 'extreme pressure' while working 16-hour days before he quit the firm.

The woman, who declined to be named, told MailOnline: 'He was working until midnight and the early hours of the morning most days - he did extremely unsocial hours.

'You could see he that someone who worked those hours would feel significant pressure.

'You could see he was under more extreme pressure than most people.'

Following his arrest claims emerged that he was obsessed with having sex with 'two or three women' and held drug-fuelled sex parties lasting for days at his flat.

According to one former Hong Kong law enforcement officer, he went on regular 'drug and drink binges'.

The pupils of the 29-year-old banker were dilated from suspected cocaine abuse and he appeared to have used amphetamines to act as a 'livener', he told MailOnline.

Fellow drinkers in the Queen Victoria and Old China Hands pubs in seedy Wan Chai included the British former law enforcement officer, who worked on drugs investigations during his career in the UK and the Far East.

The ex officer told Mail Online: 'Jutting would come into the pubs on Saturday and Sunday mornings in a very bad state.

'He didn't know who he was, where he was and what he was doing.

'Cocaine tends to slow your body down and it appeared he had used amphetamines, probably speed, to perk himself up.'

Then on - on Halloween - at his £2,000-a-month Hong Kong apartment, a scene from a horror movie unfolded.

A prostitute's throat had been slit, and police later found another woman rotting in a suitcase, trussed up and all but decapitated, who had been there for several days.

After he was arrested and brought to court, he looked a shadow of his younger self in the back of the police van, sporting a pot belly, bloated face and unkempt beard.

And any attempt to contact him at his Bank of America Merrill Lynch e-mail account triggered a disturbing reply that goes some way to shedding light on his downward spiral.

'I am out of the office. Indefinitely,' it read.