Ex-porn actor nabbed by Turk gets life sentence for gruesome murder

A jury in Montreal found a one-time porn actor guilty Dec. 23 in the murder of a Chinese student with an ice pick before being caught thanks to the attentiveness of a Turkish café employee.

Luka Rocco Magnotta, 32, closed his eyes and showed no emotion as the verdict - which carries an automatic life sentence with no parole for 25 years - was read out in the Quebec Superior Court, Agence France-Presse reported.

Magnotta had admitted to killing 33-year-old Lin Jun in May 2012, but pleaded not guilty to first degree murder, in one of the most sensational homicide cases in the annals of Canadian justice.

The jury of eight women and four men delivered its unanimous decision after eight days of deliberations. The trial began in September.

"We had faith that the proof presented during the trial would be successful in convincing the jury," prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told reporters.

Justice Guy Cournoyer said last week that Magnotta's personality disorder qualified as a mental illness in Canadian law.

But Bouthillier argued the accused was able to discern right from wrong and had planned the brutal killing.

He said Magnotta - who appeared in homosexual adult videos a decade ago - prepared for the murder at least six months in advance and had acted with premeditation before, during and after the crime.

Magnotta had acknowledged using an ice pick to fatally stab Lin, a student at Montreal's Concordia University, before sexually abusing and dismembering his victim's corpse.

He then posted a video of the heinous act online to the soundtrack of the movie "American Psycho."

Days after the killing, Montreal police discovered Lin's torso in a suitcase by the trash outside an apartment...