Luka Magnotta trial date set for fall 2014
The trial date for accused killer Luka Magnotta has been scheduled to begin Sept. 15, 2014.
Magnotta faces a charge of first-degree murder and four other counts in last May's slaying of Jun Lin.
Magnotta's preliminary hearing ended two-and-a-half weeks ago, with the judge ruling there was enough evidence to send the case to trial.
Jean Pascal Boucher, a spokesman for Quebec's prosecution service, said a crowded court schedule explains why the trial cannot be held until next year.
Lawyers for both sides estimate the trial will last between six and eight weeks, he added.
Magnotta was arrested in Berlin last June after an international manhunt.
Some of parts of Lin's body were found in a Montreal park, while others were mailed to the headquarters of the federal Conservative and Liberal parties, as well as to two schools in Vancouver.
