In the verdict, he was content to look down. Luka Magnotta , nicknamed the “skinning Montreal”, was found guilty of murder Tuesday in particularly squalid conditions of her lover for a night, a Chinese student in 2012.
If the 32 year old Canadian had admitted killing and dismembered Lin Jun, who was 33, he pleaded not guilty to five charges on account of mental disorder. His lawyers argued in particular dementia. He faces life in prison or the Canada a mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison.
The jury of eight women and four men delivered its unanimous verdict after eight days of deliberations on the trial, which opened in late September. Last Wednesday, in response to a question from the jury, the judge said that serious personality disorders that are considered Magnotta suffers a mental illness within the meaning of Canadian law. But for Crown counsel, Louis Bouthillier, these disorders did not prevent Magnotta to distinguish right from wrong when he killed Lin Jun 25 May 2012. It had provided overwhelming evidence to show that Magnotta had “planned the killing at least six months in advance and had acted with premeditation before, during and after the crime. ”
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