The owner and operator of a well-known “real gore” website is charged with corrupting morals for posting a video allegedly depicting the murder of student Jun Lin by Luka Magnotta. Magnotta, 30, is currently in custody charged with first-degree murder in the death of the 33-year-old Chinese international student, who was killed in Montreal in May 2012. The victim’s severed limbs were then mailed to political parties and elementary schools, and his torso found inside a discarded suitcase. A statement by the Edmonton Police Service quotes Staff Sgt. Bill Clark as saying Mark Marek, 38, allegedly posted a video on his website, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX “knowing the video that was sent to him by Luka Magnotta was depicting a real murder.” Police say Marek was arrested and charged in Edmonton on Tuesday night, and remains in custody. He is expected to speak to bail on Thursday. A note on the bottom of Marek’s website says, “Please don’t send me any emails — I can’t read them. I had my laptop confiscated by police state Canada and with it all existing emails and the means to read new ones.” Police say the charge was laid after a complex investigation that lasted more than a year, and that more charges may be laid. Clark is slated to speak to the media at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:44:44 +0000