Close X
Saturday, September 21, 2024
ADVT 
National

Luka Rocco Magnotta's murder trial hears from Karla Homolka's sister

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Oct, 2014 10:57 AM
  • Luka Rocco Magnotta's murder trial hears from Karla Homolka's sister

MONTREAL - Luka Rocco Magnotta's murder trial has heard from the sister of Karla Homolka.

Logan Valentini testified today she doesn't know Magnotta and did not send a package to British Columbia in May 2012.

Valentini, who changed her name from Lori Homolka, testified by video link today because her name and return address appeared on a package that Magnotta mailed to a Vancouver school.

It contained a body part of Jun Lin, the Chinese engineering student Magnotta has admitted to killing.

Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder in Lin's slaying and dismemberment.

Earlier today, Hubert Chretien, son of former prime minister Jean Chretien, also testified because his name and return address appeared on another package Magnotta sent to a different school in Vancouver.

Valentini said she was stunned when called by police in 2012 and she testified she couldn't understand why she was again being dragged into something that didn't involve her.

Her sister was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a high-profile murder case involving herself and Paul Bernardo in the 1990s.

Valentini said it's commonly known she is the sister of Homolka, who now lives in Quebec with her husband.

Valentini says she legally changed her name in 1996.

Magnotta, 32, has admitted the physical acts of which he's accused but has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder.

He faces four other charges: criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; mailing obscene and indecent material; committing an indignity to a body; and publishing obscene materials.

MORE National ARTICLES

Nicholson, Lawson talk Islamic State campaign with U.S. officials at White House

Nicholson, Lawson talk Islamic State campaign with U.S. officials at White House
OTTAWA - The country's top military commander is representing Canada at a White House meeting where U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss the unfolding campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Nicholson, Lawson talk Islamic State campaign with U.S. officials at White House

No shortage of finger-pointing as inquiry set to report on deadly mall collapse

No shortage of finger-pointing as inquiry set to report on deadly mall collapse
When Commissioner Paul Belanger reports this week on the deadly collapse of a mall in northern Ontario, he and his team will have spent months sorting through numerous claims, counterclaims and finger-pointing as to who was to blame for the tragedy.

No shortage of finger-pointing as inquiry set to report on deadly mall collapse

Calgary office towers will likely have no electricity until Thursday

Calgary office towers will likely have no electricity until Thursday
CALGARY - Blocks of office towers remain quiet and dark in downtown Calgary due to a power outage that began on the weekend and may not be repaired until at least Thursday.

Calgary office towers will likely have no electricity until Thursday

Calgary: Provincial Courthouses Closed Due To Massive Power Outage

Calgary: Provincial Courthouses Closed Due To Massive Power Outage
CALGARY - Provincial courthouses in Calgary are going be closed due to a massive power outage affecting more than 100 buildings in the city's downtown.

Calgary: Provincial Courthouses Closed Due To Massive Power Outage

Peter DeGroot, Suspect in Shootout in Slocan, B.C. is now Dead: RCMP

Peter DeGroot, Suspect in Shootout in Slocan, B.C. is now Dead: RCMP

SLOCAN CITY, B.C. - The subject of a police manhunt in southern British Columbia after an exchang...

Peter DeGroot, Suspect in Shootout in Slocan, B.C. is now Dead: RCMP

Brampton: Police Investigating Possible Murder-suicide Involving 3 People

Brampton: Police Investigating Possible Murder-suicide Involving 3 People
  BRAMPTON, Ont. - Southern Ontario police say the three people found dead in a Brampton home, northwest of Toronto, may have been involved in a double murder-suicide.

Brampton: Police Investigating Possible Murder-suicide Involving 3 People