Close X
Friday, September 27, 2024
ADVT 
National

Magnotta jury watches more European video on Day 6 of first-degree murder trial

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2014 10:32 AM

    MONTREAL - The jury in Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial is continuing to hear from a Montreal police homicide detective on Day 6 of evidence being presented.

    Defence attorney Luc Leclair is questioning Claudette Hamlin about videos of Magnotta seized by authorities at a Paris bus station and an Internet cafe in Berlin where the accused was arrested in June 2012.

    At Leclair's insistence, the jury has been watching lengthy segments of video even though Magnotta appears only in snippets.

    The 32-year-old Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to five charges. He has admitted to the acts he's accused of in Jun Lin's death, but is arguing he is not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

    The Crown contends the killing was planned and deliberate and says it will prove that.

    The charges against Magnotta are first-degree murder; 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

    As CMA votes to oppose smoking plants, Tom Mulcair calls pot-puffing personal choice

    As CMA votes to oppose smoking plants, Tom Mulcair calls pot-puffing personal choice
    OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair defended the use of marijuana as a matter of personal choice Wednesday, recalling his own youth puffing on "oregano" even as the Canadian Medical Association officially warned against smoking pot.

    As CMA votes to oppose smoking plants, Tom Mulcair calls pot-puffing personal choice

    Manitoba children's advocate investigates whether social services failed slain teen

    Manitoba children's advocate investigates whether social services failed slain teen
    WINNIPEG - Investigations are underway to determine whether Manitoba's social services failed a 15-year-old aboriginal girl who ran away from foster care and was found dead in the Red River.

    Manitoba children's advocate investigates whether social services failed slain teen

    Shakeup at PCO as Wouters leaves office that oversees PMO's daily operations

    Shakeup at PCO as Wouters leaves office that oversees PMO's daily operations
    OTTAWA - Canada has a new top civil servant — and she's only the second woman to hold the position of clerk of the Privy Council.

    Shakeup at PCO as Wouters leaves office that oversees PMO's daily operations

    John Baird's Twitter activity prompts scrutiny of Canada's language commissioner

    John Baird's Twitter activity prompts scrutiny of Canada's language commissioner
    OTTAWA - When a minister tweets, is it ever really a personal account, or should he or she be required to abide by federal laws and responsibilities?

    John Baird's Twitter activity prompts scrutiny of Canada's language commissioner

    Spy agency improperly handled some information about Canadians: Watchdog

    Spy agency improperly handled some information about Canadians: Watchdog
    OTTAWA - Canada's electronic spy agency intercepted — and kept — several private communications of Canadians last year in violation of internal policies on personal information.

    Spy agency improperly handled some information about Canadians: Watchdog

    Lucien Bouchard says there's no way to repair friendship with Mulroney

    Lucien Bouchard says there's no way to repair friendship with Mulroney
    MONTREAL - Although they were once close friends, Lucien Bouchard says there's no way to repair his ruptured relationship with Brian Mulroney.

    Lucien Bouchard says there's no way to repair friendship with Mulroney