Website owner to stand trial over grisly video associated with Magnotta case

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Posted September 4, 2014 3:09 pm.

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EDMONTON – An Edmonton website owner accused of posting a video allegedly showing the dismemberment and slaying of a university student in Montreal has been ordered to stand trial.

A judge has ruled Mark Marek will go to trial on a charge of publishing obscene matter.

He is to appear in court next month to set a trial date.

Police say Marek was operating the website called bestgore.com that posted a video titled “1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick” in 2012.

The video allegedly shows the killing of Chinese student Jun Lin, whose body parts were later mailed across Canada.

Luka Magnotta faces several charges, including first-degree murder, is to stand trial before a jury later this month in Montreal.

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