A British banker has denied murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong.

Rurik Jutting pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter at the start of his trial - but this was rejected by prosecutors.

The 31-year-old is accused of killing Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, whose bodies were found in his 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 buttock.

Both women had originally come to Hong Kong to work as foreign maids.

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

He previously worked for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.