Jury selected in 'Canadian Psycho' murder trial
AFP
MONTREAL- The murder trial of a former Canadian porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student will start on September 29, a judge announced Friday after a jury was selected.
Prosecutors said Luka Rocco Magnotta, 32, used an ice pick to fatally stab 33-year-old victim Lin Jun in May 2012.
Magnotta then allegedly sexually abused and dismembered the corpse, filming then posting the heinous act online.
Days after the killing, Montreal police discovered the victim's torso in a suitcase by the trash outside an apartment along a busy highway.
Lin's severed hands and feet were sent in the mail to federal political parties in Ottawa and to two schools in Vancouver. The head was found in a Montreal park months later.
Magnotta fled Canada, but was arrested in Germany in June 2012 and extradited following a dramatic international manhunt.
Magnotta has plead not guilty to five charges. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
Over the past week, 1,600 potential jurors were whittled down to 12 and four alternates -- with the last being chosen on Friday.
The trial is expected to take six to eight weeks, with testimony from 60 witnesses and depositions from others in France and Germany.
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Days after the killing, Montreal police discovered the victim's torso in a suitcase by the trash outside an apartment along a busy highway.
Lin's severed hands and feet were sent in the mail to federal political parties in Ottawa and to two schools in Vancouver. The head was found in a Montreal park months later.
Magnotta fled Canada, but was arrested in Germany in June 2012 and extradited following a dramatic international manhunt.
Magnotta has plead not guilty to five charges. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
Over the past week, 1,600 potential jurors were whittled down to 12 and four alternates -- with the last being chosen on Friday.
The trial is expected to take six to eight weeks, with testimony from 60 witnesses and depositions from others in France and Germany.
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