Luka Magnotta documentary withdrawn from Montreal film festival
Luka Magnotta documentary pulled from Montreal film festival.
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MONTREAL – A documentary on accused killer Luka Magnotta has been pulled from this weekend’s Montreal World Film Festival.
There are concerns it could violate a publication ban at Magnotta’s trial, which starts September 8th in Montreal.
READ MORE: Crown heading to Europe ‘shortly’ to prepare for Luka Magnotta trial
The movie — called “Sex, Fame and Murder: The Luka Magnotta Story” — has also been dropped from a French-language T-V documentary channel.
It apparently contains interviews with people involved in the investigation.
READ MORE: Magnotta pleads not guilty
Magnotta is accused of killing and dismembering Chinese exchange student Jun Lin in May, 2012.
He was arrested in Germany a month later during a global manhunt that made international headlines.
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