Porn star admits killing and dismembering lover but still pleads not guilty to murder

A Canadian porn actor, who admitted to killing his Chinese lover, pleaded not guilty to due to mental illness.

17:27 01 October 2014

Luka Magnotta, a Canadian porn actor, has admitted to killing and dismembering his Chinese lover but entered a plea of not guilty to murder due to mental illness. His lawyer argued that the 32-year-old is suffering from schizophrenia and therefore, cannot be held criminally responsible. 

 

Magnotta is currently facing five charges in connection to the 2012 killing of engineering student Jun Lin.

 

He is accused of murder, committing an indignity to a body, publishing obscene material, criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament, and mailing obscene and indecent material.

 

Prosecutor Louis Bouthillier has warned the jury to expect gruesome and graphic evidence including photographs and video of Mr Lin’s dismembered body. 

 

The prosecution plans to establish that the killing was premeditated. It will present evidence that Magnotta planned the killing up to six months in advance and even laid out those plans in an email to a London journalist who will testify during the trial. It was alleged that Magnotta had planned to make a movie of the killing.