Tuesday, June 9, 2026
ADVT 
National

Some numbers from Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Dec, 2014 02:59 PM
  • Some numbers from Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial

MONTREAL — Jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial were sequestered on Monday. Here are some numbers from the proceedings:

Days jury heard evidence: 40

Weeks taken to hear evidence: 10

Witnesses heard by jury in total: 66

Crown witnesses: 52

Defence witnesses: 14

Charges accused is facing: 5

Jurors initially selected: 16

Jurors who heard case: 14

Jurors who will decide case: 12

Seats set aside for media and public in main courtroom: 5 each

MORE National ARTICLES

New Brunswick Recounts confirming election night results

New Brunswick Recounts confirming election night results
Three recounts have confirmed the voting results on election night in New Brunswick, nearly two weeks after the polls closed.

New Brunswick Recounts confirming election night results

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne touts good-jobs goal at work summit

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne touts good-jobs goal at work summit
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government shares the labour movement's goal of creating good jobs, while cautioning the two sides may have some differences of opinion about how to get there.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne touts good-jobs goal at work summit

Former insurance CEO returns money from contract

Former insurance CEO returns money from contract
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Public Insurance says its former CEO has returned money she received from a "transitional contract" she signed earlier this year.

Former insurance CEO returns money from contract

Churchill Man who saved woman from polar bear gets Manitoba's highest honour

Churchill Man who saved woman from polar bear gets Manitoba's highest honour
WINNIPEG - A man who was himself mauled when he saved a woman attacked by a polar bear has received one of Manitoba's highest honours.

Churchill Man who saved woman from polar bear gets Manitoba's highest honour

No cover for PM Stephen Harper if Iraq mission goes bad

No cover for PM Stephen Harper if Iraq mission goes bad
New Democrats and Liberals refused Friday to support Harper's decision to join in airstrikes against the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has been committing atrocities in northern Iraq.

No cover for PM Stephen Harper if Iraq mission goes bad

B.C. Government Apologizes For Firing Co-op Student Who Killed Himself

B.C. Government Apologizes For Firing Co-op Student Who Killed Himself
VICTORIA - The allegations were serious, a stern-faced British Columbia health minister announcing that seven employees had been fired and the RCMP had been called in to investigate a collection of data breaches.

B.C. Government Apologizes For Firing Co-op Student Who Killed Himself