MONTREAL – Jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta‘s first-degree murder trial have been sent home until Tuesday morning.
The defence case was to wrap up today but Justice Guy Cournoyer told the 14-member jury that lawyers were not in a position to continue.
Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder and four other charges in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin.
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Magnotta admits to the physical acts surrounding Lin’s death but has said he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the slaying in May 2012.
READ MORE: Even without Magnotta’s version of killing, psychiatrist certain he was in a state of psychosis
Two psychiatrists have testified that Magnotta was in a psychotic state and was incapable of telling right from wrong.
The Crown is arguing the crimes were planned and deliberate.
READ MORE: Did Magnotta make up rumours about himself? What prompted him to mail packages to Ottawa?
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