Depraved double prostitute killer Rurik Jutting appealing against his conviction
Jutting, 32, was jailed last year for the sadistic murders of Sumarti Ningsih, 23, and Seneng Mujiasih, 26, in Hong Kong
A DEPRAVED Brit banker who admitted torturing and killing two women in Hong Kong is appealing against his conviction for double murder.
Sex beast Rurik Jutting, 32, was caged for life there last year after a jury rejected his claim of diminished responsibility.
The family of his second victim — Indonesian Seneng Mujiasih, 26 — blasted him for piling on fresh agony.
A source said: “They wanted him executed.”
Jutting, of Cobham, Surrey, tortured first victim, Indonesian Sumarti Ningsih, 23, for 72 hours.
He then slit her throat and hid her body in a suitcase.
The Cambridge graduate has been battling to serve his sentence back in the UK.
The source close to Seneng's family added: "They can't believe Jutting is appealing. They have gone through the agony of losing Seneng, then the trial and now they will have to go through more pain.
"It looks as if it is a ploy to get out of Hong Kong and back to Britain where he was born but he should be made to suffer like he made Seneng and Sumarti suffer."
A prosecution source told The Sun:''To say we are surprised at this appeal is an understatement.
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"As far as we are concerned the evidence was cut and dry, he admitted the murders and the jury saw through his attempts at claiming diminished responsibility.
"He knew full well what he was doing and that's why his plea of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was rejected.
"This was one of the most horrific cases we have ever had in Hong Kong and to put the families of the victims through it again is unfair.
"He wants to move to a British jail and that would have happened a lot quicker if he had been convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility."
Jutting, who has an IQ of 137 putting him in the top 2 per cent of people, claimed he suffered four disorders which affected his mind but psychiatric tests ruled he was fit to stand trial.
Jutting, from Cobham, Surrey, is currently serving his sentence in Hong Kong's infamous Stanley Prison where he is visited regularly by his divorced parents and brother.
He is being defended in his appeal by Gerard McCoy from Hong Kong's Gilt Chambers and he was unavailable for comment.