British banker 'tortured murder victim for three days'

• Video report by ITV News Correspondent Angus Walker

A British banker, accused of torturing and murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the start of his trial.

Rurik Jutting's lesser plea admittance was rejected by prosecutors who claim he subjected at least one of the women to three days of torture and then filmed himself talking about it.

The bodies of Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih were found in Jutting's luxury apartment in November 2014.

Ms Ningsih's body was found stuffed in a suitcase left on a balcony, while Ms Mujiasih had knife wounds on the neck and buttocks.

Both women had originally come to Hong Kong to work as foreign maids but are later thought to have been working as prostitutes.

Prosecutor John Reading told jurors that, according to facts agreed on both sides, Ms Ningsih went home with Jutting on October 25 2014, after he offered her "a large sum of money".

Jutting then subjected her to "increasingly cruel acts of violence using his belt, sex toys, a pair of pliers and his fists".

He added: "After torturing her for three days, he took her into the bathroom, had her kneel in front of the toilet bowl with her hands tied behind her back, made her lick the toilet bowl and then he cut her throat with a serrated-edged knife."

The Prosecutor said Jutting continued to saw through her neck when she did not die immediately.

Jutting is said to have used his phone to film himself talking about the killing, how he enjoyed dominating Ms Ningsih and how he watched pornographic videos involving extreme violence.

In some shots, Ms Ningsih's body can be seen on the floor of the shower.

On October 31 2014, Jutting took the second victim Ms Mujiasih back to his apartment after he offered her money for sex.

The court heard that after they undressed, Ms Mujiasih spotted a gag made of some rope that he had left next to the sofa and started to shout.

Mr Reading said Jutting grabbed her, took a knife he had hidden under a cushion, held it to her throat and told her he would cut her throat if she didn't stop.

"She continued to struggle and shout, and he cut her throat," he told jurors.

Cambridge-educated Jutting faces life in prison if convicted in one of the most high-profile murder trials in the country for years.

A judge told prospective jurors to expect "particularly horrifying" photographic evidence.

Jutting, who previously worked for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, told the court he pleaded "not guilty to murder by reason of diminished responsibility but guilty of manslaughter".

But despite the prosecution rejecting his plea, the judge said the jury could still find him guilty of manslaughter or murder.

His lawyers claim he suffers from a personality disorder.