Luka Magnotta to stand trial in fall 2014
Posted April 29, 2013 9:44 am.
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MONTREAL (NEWS1130) – The trial of accused killer Luka Magnotta will begin late next year, on Sept. 15, 2014.
He will also face a pre-trial conference this coming fall, on Sept. 3.
Magnotta was in court in Montreal today to have a date set for his first-degree murder trial.
He faces a charge of first-degree murder and four other counts in last May’s killing and dismembering of Jun Lin, a student from China.
Magnotta’s preliminary hearing ended two-and-a-half weeks ago, with the judge ruling there was enough evidence to send the horrific case to trial.
The 30-year-old porn actor was arrested in Berlin last June after an international manhunt.
Some of parts of Lin’s body were found in a Montreal park, while others were mailed to the headquarters of the federal Conservative and Liberal parties, as well as to two schools in Vancouver.
