Porn actor faces murder charge
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June 20, 2012, Wednesday
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A CANADIAN porn actor accused of dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing his body parts was to face his first hearing yesterday after returning to Canada under very tight security from Germany, where he was arrested.
Luka Magnotta is suspected of killing Lin Jun, who was studying computer science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and sending his feet and hands to Canada's top political parties and two schools. The head is still missing. Police said they would ask Magnotta where it is.
Investigators say Magnotta, 29, also posted a video online showing him having sex with the dismembered corpse. A second, unedited version of the video seen by police shows him eating parts of the body.
Marie-Elaine Ladouceur of Montreal police said Magnotta was expected to appear before a judge via videoconference from a detention center late yesterday. Rene Verret of Quebec's prosecutors' office said Magnotta's lawyer is still not known.
Ladouceur said Magnotta will be formally arraigned on charges that will include first-degree murder, defiling a corpse, threatening the prime minister and using the mail system for delivering "obscene, indecent, immoral or scurrilous" material.
A convoy of police vehicles with flashing lights rolled out to meet Magnotta at Mirabel airport just outside Montreal on Monday. Half a dozen men escorted him down the stairs of the military plane and into a minivan. Armed guards stood by. A handcuffed Magnotta said nothing.
Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere called the Canadian military flight an extraordinary measure but said there was no way they were going to bring him back on a commercial flight.
"This is not the end of the investigation. We're missing an important part of the investigation, which is the head of the body," Lafreniere said. He added he was hoping Magnotta would reveal where the head is, for the sake of the victim's family.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said yesterday China was monitoring developments and hoped that there would be justice to give "the victim a result that can have him rest in peace."
Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews noted that Magnotta himself sped up the process by declining to contest his extradition from Germany.
Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors, said Germany's federal government gave formal approval for the extradition a few days ago.
Magnotta fled Canada before the killing was discovered, spent a few days partying in Paris before moving on to Berlin, where he was caught earlier this month.
Luka Magnotta is suspected of killing Lin Jun, who was studying computer science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and sending his feet and hands to Canada's top political parties and two schools. The head is still missing. Police said they would ask Magnotta where it is.
Investigators say Magnotta, 29, also posted a video online showing him having sex with the dismembered corpse. A second, unedited version of the video seen by police shows him eating parts of the body.
Marie-Elaine Ladouceur of Montreal police said Magnotta was expected to appear before a judge via videoconference from a detention center late yesterday. Rene Verret of Quebec's prosecutors' office said Magnotta's lawyer is still not known.
Ladouceur said Magnotta will be formally arraigned on charges that will include first-degree murder, defiling a corpse, threatening the prime minister and using the mail system for delivering "obscene, indecent, immoral or scurrilous" material.
A convoy of police vehicles with flashing lights rolled out to meet Magnotta at Mirabel airport just outside Montreal on Monday. Half a dozen men escorted him down the stairs of the military plane and into a minivan. Armed guards stood by. A handcuffed Magnotta said nothing.
Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere called the Canadian military flight an extraordinary measure but said there was no way they were going to bring him back on a commercial flight.
"This is not the end of the investigation. We're missing an important part of the investigation, which is the head of the body," Lafreniere said. He added he was hoping Magnotta would reveal where the head is, for the sake of the victim's family.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said yesterday China was monitoring developments and hoped that there would be justice to give "the victim a result that can have him rest in peace."
Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews noted that Magnotta himself sped up the process by declining to contest his extradition from Germany.
Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors, said Germany's federal government gave formal approval for the extradition a few days ago.
Magnotta fled Canada before the killing was discovered, spent a few days partying in Paris before moving on to Berlin, where he was caught earlier this month.
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