A court in Hong Kong has adjourned the trial of a British banker accused of the murders of two women, pending a psychiatric report on the suspect.
29-year-old Rurik Jutting was charged with two counts of murder last week after police found the bodies of two women in his apartment, including one inside a suitcase on a balcony.
Hong Kong Police have laid a "holding charge" against a 29-year-old foreign man in connection with a double murder. He is believed to be British bank employee Rurik Jutting.
A police statement said:
The mother of one of British banker Rurik Jutting's alleged murder victims says he should bear financial responsibility for her son.
The 29-year-old Brit was privately-educated and studied at Cambridge before becoming an investment banker in London and then Hong Kong.