Brit coffee shop boss Jamie Chapman, 34, ‘had affair with housekeeper’ before her body was found at Hong Kong waterfall

A BRIT businessman who has been charged with the execution of a pistillate housekeeper allegedly had an matter with her earlier she was recovered dead.

Cops arrested Jamie Tzewee Chapman, 34, aft the housekeeper's assemblage was recovered astatine the bottommost of a waterfall connected the island.

The victim, identified arsenic Mevi Novitasari, 25, was recovered by locals successful the h2o astatine the basal of a waterfall connected Monday successful Waterfall Bay Park.

Once cops recovered the body, they recovered Novitasari had terrible caput wounds.

Police accidental she had been deed successful the caput and past drowned, ABC reports.

Novitasari did not enactment for Chapman but allegedly had an matter with him, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

Hong Kong cops says Chapman was seen entering the waterfall with Novitasari connected Sunday nighttime - but near unsocial aft astir 30 minutes.

One witnesser claimed to the SCMP that Chapman tried to interruption up with the home idiosyncratic astatine the apical of the waterfall earlier she allegedly jumped.

They told the Hong Kong newspaper: "They took a taxi to the park, wherever the antheral asked to interruption up with her.

"But the pistillate became emotionally agitated and abruptly jumped disconnected the waterfall."

Novitasari, who had lived successful Hong Kong for 4 years, was past recovered successful the h2o Monday morning.

Chapman ne'er reported her decease to the authorities and alternatively fled to Mainland China with his wife.

The mates were caught and arrested connected Tuesday astatine a high-speed railway presumption aft returning to Hong Kong.

Police superintendent Sin Kwok-ming said Novitasari's apparel remained untouched, perchance ruling retired a carnal altercation.

Sin said that the Brit was suspected due to the fact that of his behaviour, and due to the fact that helium did not study the incident.

The authoritative said: “A batch of things astir him were unreasonable.

“[...] Some grounds had besides disappeared for nary reason.

“All these circumstances suggest that this is not a lawsuit of earthy death."

The wife, a Hong Konger, was held connected suspicion of aiding a criminal.

She was past freed connected bail pending further investigation.

Champman made his archetypal tribunal quality Friday arsenic cops continued to analyse the case.

Pictured for the archetypal time, helium was seen successful a reddish garment and sweater, sitting successful the backmost of a police vehicle.

In court, helium did not participate a plea and his lawyer did not petition bail.

The justice adjourned his lawsuit to January to springiness clip for further investigation.

The Indonesian consulate and her employment bureau volition assistance repatriate Novitasari's body.

She was from Cilacap successful Central Java province, Indonesia officials said.

According to section media, Chapman and his Hong Kong woman settled successful the metropolis aft marrying, wherever they ran a coffee shop together.

The Brit is believed to beryllium primitively from London and graduated from Loughborough University in 2011 earlier moving to Hing Kong.