Defence lawyers asked that Luka Rocco Magnotta undergo a psychological evaluation before proceedings continue. The year-old is accused of first-degree murder, defiling a corpse and threatening the prime minister. The limbs of his alleged victim, a year-old Chinese student, were sent to political parties and schools.
Mr Magnotta appeared before the court via video link, under guard watch, and pleaded not guilty through his lawyer Pierre Panaccio. On Thursday, a court is to consider the request from Mr Magnotta's lawyer for tests to determine whether the suspect bears criminal responsibility.
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Manage Print Subscription. Thank you for following these guidelines and contributing your thoughts. You are contributing to debate and discussion, and helping to make this website a more open place. Search Search CP24 X. Bouthillier said he doesn't worry about finding an impartial jury to hear the case.
He told his client that he hoped to speak with him later Tuesday. The prosecution will decide on a strategy after hearing from Magnotta's lawyer. The prosecutors say they'll do their best to keep Lin's family informed of the proceedings. News Tips Report Errors. Tweets by CP CP24 Toronto's Breaking News. If you have trouble reading the characters in the picture, click it to see a new one. Guidelines Preference is given to commenters who use real names.
Stay on topic and be concise. Stimulate debate. The Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer told the jury they would likely hear and read reports from doctors and psychiatrists who had contact with Magnotta over the past several years and offered a range of diagnoses. In April , just one month before the death of Lin, Magnotta was referred to a psychiatrist at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal where he underwent a one-hour assessment and was diagnosed as borderline personality disorder, Leclair said.
More than two years have passed since the gruesome murder of Lin, a Concordia University student, gripped Canadian and international minds alike when the search for Magnotta turned into an international manhunt, ending June 4 when he was apprehended in Germany. A video purporting to show the murder was also posted online around that time, with Montreal police subsequently linking the video to the discovery of the body parts.
Lin was born in Wuhan and had only been in Canada since , where he was studying computer engineering at Concordia University. Lin alive. He will be killed by Magnotta a few hours after that.
All has been entered as evidence, Bouthillier said. Among those images were some more graphic, including items described as wet and covered in a reddish liquid, sometimes dripping.
The most graphic images were usually preceded with a warning from the witness they may be disturbing. Inside one garbage bag, police found part of a leg wrapped in two other bags. Inside another, a small, black dead dog. And inside another, even more body parts.
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