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| Convicted killer Magnotta 'worse than a beast' says Jun Lin's father in Montreal | Convicted killer Magnotta 'worse than a beast' says Jun Lin's father in Montreal |
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| The Canadian man convicted of dismembering a Chinese student was “worse than a beast”, the student’s father said on Monday. | |
| Diran Lin, speaking for the first time since a jury last week found Luka Magnotta guilty of first-degree murder, said the 2012 killing of his only son had crippled the Lin family. | |
| Magnotta, 32, had admitted to killing and dismembering engineering student Jun Lin, 33, but pleaded not guilty on grounds of mental illness. | Magnotta, 32, had admitted to killing and dismembering engineering student Jun Lin, 33, but pleaded not guilty on grounds of mental illness. |
| “He is a beast ... worse than a beast,” Lin told reporters through a translator. “I just want to ask him why he did this. What he did is very cruel.“ | “He is a beast ... worse than a beast,” Lin told reporters through a translator. “I just want to ask him why he did this. What he did is very cruel.“ |
| Magnotta was also found guilty of committing an indignity to a human body, publishing and mailing obscene material, and criminally harassing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament. | Magnotta was also found guilty of committing an indignity to a human body, publishing and mailing obscene material, and criminally harassing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament. |
| During a grisly 11-week trial, the prosecution had argued that Magnotta, a gay escort, was “a man on a mission” who carefully planned his acts. Magnotta faces a mandatory life sentence without possibility of parole for at least 25 years. | During a grisly 11-week trial, the prosecution had argued that Magnotta, a gay escort, was “a man on a mission” who carefully planned his acts. Magnotta faces a mandatory life sentence without possibility of parole for at least 25 years. |
| Diran Lin quit his job in China and came to Canada in September to attend the trial while his wife and daughter remained in China. His wife is under a doctor’s care and his daughter has been unable to work since the killing, he said. | Diran Lin quit his job in China and came to Canada in September to attend the trial while his wife and daughter remained in China. His wife is under a doctor’s care and his daughter has been unable to work since the killing, he said. |
| “Even though I lost my son, I’m satisfied with the final result,” he said on Monday, frequently breaking down in tears. “He got the highest penalty and I’m happy about it.” | |
| The case gripped Canada in the spring of 2012 after Lin’s body parts were found in the trash behind a Montreal apartment building and in packages mailed to elementary schools in Vancouver and political parties in Ottawa. | The case gripped Canada in the spring of 2012 after Lin’s body parts were found in the trash behind a Montreal apartment building and in packages mailed to elementary schools in Vancouver and political parties in Ottawa. |
| The mailed packages contained hands and feet wrapped in pink tissue paper as well as notes and poems. A video Magnotta made of the killing appeared on the Internet. | The mailed packages contained hands and feet wrapped in pink tissue paper as well as notes and poems. A video Magnotta made of the killing appeared on the Internet. |
| Magnotta fled to Europe after the killing and was arrested in a Berlin internet cafe, where he was reading about himself. | Magnotta fled to Europe after the killing and was arrested in a Berlin internet cafe, where he was reading about himself. |