Luka Magnotta, a star of adult video industry has become famous because he was charged and treated as the perpetrator of crimes with psychopathic and sickening nature (“Luka Magnotta, accused in infamous body-parts case, faces preliminary inquiry Monday” par. 1).
In 2013, the trial that looks at the matter has begun and is continuing today. The potential story is as follows. On the 25th of May, 2012, Luka has invited his lover, Lin Jun, a 33 year old student from China. Luka then tied Lin to the bed, turned on a video camera and started stabbing Lin with an ice pick into the chest. He then commenced sexual acts on the dead body and allegedly ate some flesh of his victim.
The video was posted online for the public to see. The body was severed into limbs and different parts were sent into several institutions, including a school. After this Luka Magnotta went into hiding (“Luka Magnotta preliminary hearing suspended for the day”).
On May 26th 2012, the police were notified of the video that showed the murder and following acts. The police decided it was a fake and disregarded the report. On May 29th 2012 a torso was found in Magnotta’s home in a bag. At this time, Lin Jun was reported missing. The same day Conservative Party of Canada has received a parcel with a severed human foot.
The note in the parcel stated that six body parts were sent to different addresses and that the killer will not stop. At this time, Interpol became involved. On June 4th, 2012, Luka Magnotta was arrested in a café in Berlin while he was reading an article about himself (“Disturbing specifics of Magnotta case a secret to all Canadians … except these people” par. 3).
On June 5th, 2012 two schools have received parcels that had a strange and distinct odor. June 18th of the same year, Luka Magnotta was extradited to Canada to receive trial. July 1st, 2012, the head of the victim was found in a park. June 21st, 2012 the hearing about the case was decided to be in March of 2013 (“Timeline of events: The Luka Rocco Magnotta case” par. 17).
The media has extensively covered the case and has received an extremely vast amount of attention. Social networks and websites have been abuzz about the case and the following has been increasing. Magnotta has even gained some fans (“Luka Magnotta Dedication” par. 1). The whole time Magnotta is denying his guilt and has appeared in court several times.
Even though there were some provisions to forbid the case going public, there are pictures and videos online that show the acts and pictures of the accused (Wilton 1). From the attention that the media has shown and the public outcry it is possible to conclude that the case is one of a kind.
Such cruelty has rarely been seen by the public. There are several examples in history, like Paul Bernard and Karla Homolka that have shown similar sickening and cruel acts towards other people. Magnotta showed some emotion and collapsed but sincerity is questionable (Sidhartha 1).
It is obvious that a person of sane mind would never be able to commit such acts. Someone who is able to go through the process is without a doubt a sick individual whose brain is malfunctioning.
The most disturbing fact is that the general public has access to the graphic contents and that the law makers and the government were not able to prevent such information from appearing on the internet (“Luka Magnotta seeks to have public banned from preliminary hearing next week” par. 1).
This shows how unorganized the society is and how news hungry the media of the world can be. The case is historically significant as it can be aligned with the torture and cruelty of the human kind towards itself.
Works Cited
Banerjee, Sidhartha. Luka Magnotta Collapses In Court During Preliminary Hearing. 2013. Web.
Disturbing specifics of Magnotta case a secret to all Canadians … except these people. 2012. Web.
Luka Magnotta, accused in infamous body-parts case, faces preliminary inquiry Monday. 2013. Web.
Luka Magnotta Dedication. 2013. Web.
Luka Magnotta preliminary hearing suspended for the day. 2013. Web.
Luka Magnotta seeks to have public banned from preliminary hearing next week. 2013. Web.
Timeline of events: The Luka Rocco Magnotta case. 2013. Web.
Wilton, Katherine. Luka Rocco Magnotta trial: Publication ban covers preliminary hearing. 2013. Web.