Judge slams ‘Rurik Jutting-like’ killer who dumped girlfriend’s battered body on Hong Kong street
Jury takes just 20 minutes to convict Fyaz Wahaj, 32, of Indonesian girlfriend’s murder after he disposed of body like ‘rubbish’ under mattress cover
A High Court jury in Hong Kong took just 20 minutes on Thursday to convict a Pakistani man of murder – with a judge likening the way in which he disposed of his girlfriend’s body to that of notorious British banker Rurik Jutting’s double killing.
Fyaz Wahaj, 32, was jailed for life. The unemployed man was originally accused of leaving his Indonesian girlfriend Wiji Astutik Supardi, 37, to die under a white mattress cover outside his building in Mong Kok – using what prosecutors called a not “uncommon” scene as a cover – after beating her in 2015.
Just 20 minutes after the panel of seven jurors retired at around 10.15am, they informed court staff that they had reached verdicts that would normally take hours if not days to arrive at.
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When the court resumed at around 11am, the jury returned unanimous verdicts to find the defendant guilty of both the murder and a further count of preventing the lawful burial of a body.
Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping slammed the defendant for dumping his girlfriend – a torture claimant who previously worked as a domestic helper – on the street like “rubbish”.
