Diran Lin, father of Jun Lin, is shown at the Montreal Courthouse on the sixth day of jury deliberations in the murder trial for Luka Rocco Magnotta, Sunday, December 21, 2014. Magnotta is charged in connection with the death and dismemberment of university student Jun Lin in a case that made international headlines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Republished December 21, 2014 - 2:14 PM
Original Publication Date December 21, 2014 - 1:00 AM
MONTREAL - The jury will deliberate for a seventh day on Monday at Luka Rocco Magnotta's murder trial.
Day 6 on Sunday came and went without the 12 jurors reaching verdicts in the five charges against the accused.
Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder and four other offences in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin in May 2012.
The eight women and four men deciding his fate began deliberations on Tuesday and have since contacted the court only twice — once to ask a legal question and once to get technical help.
Magnotta has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder and is trying to be found not criminally responsible.
His lawyer says he is schizophrenic and couldn't tell right from wrong at the time of the slaying, but prosecutors say Lin's death was planned and deliberate.
In addition to the murder charge, Magnotta is also accused of criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; mailing obscene and indecent material; committing an indignity to a body; and publishing obscene materials.
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