Brit Jamie Chapman charged with murder of ‘mistress’ fled to mainland China with wife ‘after seeing victim’s body’

JAMIE Chapman fled to mainland China with his wife after cops say he inspected his mistress’s dead body after allegedly killing her.

Police arrested the Brit after Mevi Novitasari, 25, was found dead in the pool at the bottom of a waterfall on Hong Kong island on Monday.

The judge adjourned the case to January to give time for further investigation.

Pictured for the first time, he was seen in a red shirt and sweater, sitting in the back of a police vehicle.

Police superintendent Sin Kwok-ming said Novitasari’s clothes remained untouched, possibly ruling out a physical altercation.

Sin said that the Brit was suspected because of his behaviour, and because he did not report the incident.

The official said: “A lot of things about him were unreasonable.

“[…] Some evidence had also disappeared for no reason.

“All these circumstances suggest that this is not a case of natural death.”

The Indonesian consulate said it will help repatriate Novitasari’s body back to Cilacap, in central Java.

According to local media, Chapman and his Hong Kong wife settled in the city after marrying, where they ran a coffee shop together.

The Brit is believed to be originally from London and graduated from Loughborough University in 2011 before moving to Hing Kong.

Reuters