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A Canadian judge has refused the request of placing a complete ban on the press and public from viewing the pre-trial hearing of a Montreal man accused of killing, and dismembering the body of a Chinese exchange student and eating its parts while posting an online video of the gruesome act. The ruling was announced on Tuesday by Judge Lori Renee Weitzman, who, however, upheld the regular publication ban on the evidence presented in such preliminary hearings.
The prosecutors are anticipated to convince the court, in the hearing, that they have ample substantial evidence of bringing the case to trial against the accused small-time porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta. Magnotta’s lawyer made a strange request to the court, asking it to disallow any reporters or members of public from the viewing the proceedings, claiming that it will prevent leaks of the evidence and assure Magnotta’s right to a fair trial. Weitzman stated that in the ruling that she has considered all competing rights of freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial, and so concludes that journalists will be obeying their usual publication restrictions. However, she did assure that she will revisit the defense’s request in case it becomes necessary at a later stage during the hearing.
The incident of killing the Chinese student, Jun Lin, took place in early summer of 2012 and quickly travelled up to the international headlines across the globe, prompting an international manhunt resulting in the arrest of Magnotta from a Berlin internet cafe last June.
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