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| Luka Magnotta in court accused of body-parts murder | Luka Magnotta in court accused of body-parts murder |
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| A Canadian former porn actor who is accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese university student has appeared in court. | A Canadian former porn actor who is accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese university student has appeared in court. |
| The preliminary hearings in Montreal will seek to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial against Luka Magnotta. | The preliminary hearings in Montreal will seek to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial against Luka Magnotta. |
| The 30-year-old denies murdering Jun Lin and defiling his corpse in May 2012. The victim's father was in court. | The 30-year-old denies murdering Jun Lin and defiling his corpse in May 2012. The victim's father was in court. |
| A judge denied a bid by defence lawyers to ban the public and media from court. | |
| Several media organisations had argued against the request, which was related to an unspecified issue in Mr Magnotta's personal and medical history. | |
| Chinese consulate watching | Chinese consulate watching |
| Wearing a white t-shirt and trousers, the defendant appeared in court inside a glass enclosure for Monday's hearing. | Wearing a white t-shirt and trousers, the defendant appeared in court inside a glass enclosure for Monday's hearing. |
| He was arrested in Berlin following an international manhunt, after a headless torso was found near his Montreal apartment. | He was arrested in Berlin following an international manhunt, after a headless torso was found near his Montreal apartment. |
| Key to the prosecutors' case is a film posted online thought to show 33-year-old Lin's murder. | Key to the prosecutors' case is a film posted online thought to show 33-year-old Lin's murder. |
| It is thought that Lin, who was studying engineering and computer science at Concordia University in Montreal, had been in a relationship with the man suspected of killing him. | It is thought that Lin, who was studying engineering and computer science at Concordia University in Montreal, had been in a relationship with the man suspected of killing him. |
| Severed limbs, also confirmed to be the Chinese student's, were sent to political parties in Ottawa - including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party - and to two schools in Vancouver. His head was found a month later in a Montreal park. | Severed limbs, also confirmed to be the Chinese student's, were sent to political parties in Ottawa - including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party - and to two schools in Vancouver. His head was found a month later in a Montreal park. |
| Lin's father, Diran Lin, also attended Monday's hearing with a interpreter. | Lin's father, Diran Lin, also attended Monday's hearing with a interpreter. |
| The Chinese consulate told broadcaster CTV they had been "paying close attention and tracking the latest developments in the case, and kept in close contact with Canadian police". | The Chinese consulate told broadcaster CTV they had been "paying close attention and tracking the latest developments in the case, and kept in close contact with Canadian police". |
| "We hope that the perpetrator will receive fair judgment, to uphold justice and bring a comforting result to the victim." | "We hope that the perpetrator will receive fair judgment, to uphold justice and bring a comforting result to the victim." |