Canadian porn star accused of dismembering Chinese student goes on trial
Luka Rocco Magnotta accused of using ice pick to stab Lin Jun to death before carving up his body, sexually abusing the corpse, filming the act and posting the video online
The gruesome murder trial of a former Canadian porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student got under way on Monday with a judge warning potential jurors to brace for “shocking and disturbing” evidence.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, wearing a grey-blue polo shirt, sat in silence with his eyes mostly closed at what is expected to be a lengthy jury selection for his trial in Montreal.
The 32-year-old is accused of using an ice pick to stab his 33-year-old victim Lin Jun to death in May 2012 before carving up his body, sexually abusing the corpse, filming the act and posting the video online.
Days after the killing, Montreal police discovered the victim’s torso in a suitcase by the rubbish outside an apartment along a busy highway.
Lin’s severed hands and feet were sent through the post to federal political parties in Ottawa and to two schools in Vancouver. The head was found in a Montreal park months later.
