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Luka Magnotta: Canada porn actor jailed for Jun Lin murder | |
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A Canadian porn actor has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder for killing and dismembering his lover in 2012. | |
Jurors in Montreal rejected Luka Magnotta's defence that mental illness meant he was not responsible. | |
Magnotta, now 32, had earlier admitted killing 33-year-old student Jun Lin before his body parts were posted to political parties and schools. | Magnotta, now 32, had earlier admitted killing 33-year-old student Jun Lin before his body parts were posted to political parties and schools. |
Magnotta was later arrested in a cybercafe in Berlin, Germany. | Magnotta was later arrested in a cybercafe in Berlin, Germany. |
Before his arrest, French police said he had flown to Paris from Montreal. | Before his arrest, French police said he had flown to Paris from Montreal. |
Investigators have said a video posted online, in which a man apparently uses an ice pick to kill another man, is believed to show Jun Lin's murder. | Investigators have said a video posted online, in which a man apparently uses an ice pick to kill another man, is believed to show Jun Lin's murder. |
Headless torso | Headless torso |
Magnotta was sentenced after eight days of deliberations by the jury. | |
He was also convicted on four related charges of criminally harassing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of parliament, mailing obscene and indecent material, committing an indignity to a body, and publishing obscene materials. | |
He was impassive in court as the verdict was read and when the sentence was delivered. | |
The defence had said that Magnotta was a schizophrenic and therefore could not be held criminally responsible. | The defence had said that Magnotta was a schizophrenic and therefore could not be held criminally responsible. |
But the prosecution had successfully argued that the murder in May 2012 was both planned and deliberate. | But the prosecution had successfully argued that the murder in May 2012 was both planned and deliberate. |
Mr Lin's headless torso was found behind the block of flats where the bisexual porn actor lived. | Mr Lin's headless torso was found behind the block of flats where the bisexual porn actor lived. |
Severed limbs, also confirmed to be the Chinese student's, were sent to political parties in Ottawa - including Mr Harper's Conservative Party - and to two schools in Vancouver. | |
The case sent shockwaves across Canada and gained international notoriety. | The case sent shockwaves across Canada and gained international notoriety. |