Luka Rocco Magnotta

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Luka Magnotta (* 24. July 1982 in Scarborough , Ontario as Eric Clinton Kirk Newman ), also known under the pseudonym Vladimir Romanov and Mattia Del Santo , is a convicted Canadian killer, animal abusers and former porn actor . He is currently serving a life sentence.

Life

Magnotta began his career as a performer in porn films in 2003. He also worked occasionally as a stripper and professional companion . A year later, he was given a suspended sentence in Toronto for fraud . He had spent $ 16,500 on a woman's credit card, among other things . In 2005 he was featured as a model under the pseudonym “Jimmy” in an issue of Toronto's gay men’s fab magazine . In 2007 he applied for the TV series COVERguy . Magnotta posted several videos on YouTube in which he killed cats. For this reason, several internet users and animal rights activists tried to track him down and hand him over to the police. The search went on for 2 years. Again and again, clues were given to the police. The animal rights activists were able to locate his residence in Toronto, but it turned out that he no longer lived there. Further traces led to Montreal. There he lured Jun Lin into the apartment alone and killed him and a dog. He filmed this act and posted the video on the Internet. He then fled to Paris and from there to Berlin. The owner recognized him in an internet cafe and called the police. This arrested him and he was extradited to Canada.

murder

Magnotta is accused of murdering and dismembering the 32-year-old Chinese student Jun Lin in Montreal . He is also accused of having filmed the crime, posted it on the Internet and sent body parts to political parties and schools in Canada. On June 4, 2012, on the basis of a Canadian arrest warrant , he was arrested in an internet café in Berlin-Neukölln and extradited to Canada on June 18, 2012.

In December 2014 he was found guilty. Under Canadian law, a guilty verdict in a murder case entails a prison sentence of at least 25 years. The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years in prison.

documentation

The story of the internet users who sought to track down Magnotta for animal cruelty and the police investigation was produced by Netflix as a documentary titled Don't F ** k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer and was released as a series on December 18, 2019 published in three episodes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Justin Lin, 33, identified as victim in grisly slaying. June 1, 2012, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Luka Rocco Magnotta: From Callboy to Cruel Murderer. June 5, 2012, accessed March 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lin Jun described as gentle, upbeat. (No longer available online.) May 30, 2012, archived from the original on June 3, 2012 ; accessed on June 6, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.xtra.ca
  4. ↑ Stephen Maher: Maher: Animal rights activists started chasing Magnotta years before mutilation murder . In: Canada.com . May 30, 2012 ( canada.com [accessed December 4, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Timeline of Events. Montreal Gazette, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Newspaper article. In: Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 24, 2014 .
  7. ↑ International - german.china.org.cn - Chinese student identified as a victim of homosexual murder in Canada. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ murder suspect: Luka Magnotta arrested in Berlin . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  9. ↑ RP ONLINE: Porn actor now in Canada: Suspected murderer Magnotta extradited. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ex-porn actor: Luka Magnotta found guilty of murder . In: Spiegel Online . December 23, 2014 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Luka Magnotta given life imprisonment for first-degree murder . ( theglobeandmail.com [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Jake Kanter, Jake Kanter: 'Gold Rush' Producer Raw TV Wins First Netflix Commission With Documentary On Canadian Killer Luka Magnotta. In: Deadline. November 20, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Netflix Is Releasing A True Crime Docuseries On Canadian Murderer Luka Magnotta. Retrieved December 4, 2019 (Canadian English).
personal data
SURNAME Magnotta, Luka Rocco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newman, Eric Clinton Kirk; Romanov, Vladimir; Santo, Mattia Del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian porn actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario