A British businessman living in Hong Kong has been charged with murder after his housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall.
The unnamed 34-year-old man and his wife were arrested at West Kowloon train station on Tuesday in connection with the crime.
According to police, the suspect went to Waterfall Bay park in Pok Fu Lam with the victim at around 11pm on Sunday, but about 40 minutes later, the Briton was seen running alone towards a taxi.
The housekeeper, a 25-year-old Indonesian woman, was discovered floating in the water at the bottom of the waterfall around 7 a.m. on Monday.
He is believed to have drowned after suffering serious head injuries, South China Morning Post and preliminary examinations also revealed minor injuries to his extremities.
The unnamed 34-year-old man and his wife were arrested at West Kowloon train station on Tuesday in connection with the crime. A man believed to be the British businessman was seen on Tuesday being escorted by police for a video reconstruction of the crime scene.
A married British businessman living in Hong Kong has been charged with murder after his housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall in Waterfall Bay park on Monday morning.
According to local media, the Briton and his native Hong Kong wife settled there after getting married and had been living in the Hong Kong residential district South Horizons, where they ran a small business together.
Officers will now determine if the victim was intoxicated.
The man’s 36-year-old wife, said to be a Hong Kong local, was arrested on suspicion of assisting the suspect, but was later released on bail.
Police have confirmed that the man will appear at the Eastern Magistrates Court tomorrow, while his wife will have to appear before police at the end of next month.
According to local media, the Briton and his native Hong Kong wife settled there after getting married and had been living in the Hong Kong residential district South Horizons, where they ran a small business together.
A British banker is currently serving a life sentence in Hong Kong after being found guilty of the “sadistic” murder of two Indonesian women, Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, in their luxury apartment ten years ago.
Surrey-born Rurik Jutting was convicted in 2016 in a trial featuring horrifying video evidence of rape and torture.
A clip showed the moment one of his victims begged for her life as she was forced to lick the toilet arch before Jutting savagely slashed her throat.
Another horrifying video shows Jutting telling his victim Sumarti: ‘How much do you love me? If you say yes, I will hit you once. If you say no, I’ll hit you twice. If you scream, I’ll punch you.’
He also made a video showing his ‘torture kit’ which included a blowtorch and a sex toy wrapped in sandpaper, which he intended to use on his next victim.
