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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.

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