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Updated 19.03
A MAN ACCUSED of murdering and dismembering a man in Canada will not fight his extradition from Germany, a Berlin court heard today.
Canadian porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was arrested in Berlin yesterday after an internet cafe owner recognised him as the man Canadian authorities want to question in connection with the death and dismemberment of a 33-year-old man in Montreal.
An investigation was launched after body parts were discovered in mail sent to Canadian political parties last week. Tests suggested that a hand and foot found in separate packages were part of the same body as a torso which was discovered among rubbish behind an apartment building in the city.
Canadian authorities have identified the victim as Jun Lin who was studying at a university in Montreal. They also believe they have footage of the murder and dismemberment.
Interpol subsequently issued an alert notice for Magnotta and he was arrested in Berlin yesterday. During a court appearance there this morning, Magnotta told the judge he will not fight extradition to Canada, the AFP reports.
This evening, Canadian police said that video footage from the killing and dismembering also seems to show the suspect eating the body.
Although the officers in charge of the investigation could not confirm conclusively that parts of the body were eaten, Commander Ian Lafreniere said, “As gross and as graphic as it could be, yes, it was seen on the video.”
A copy of the video viewed online by The Associated Press did not show anyone eating the body but did show a man using a fork and knife on the body.
-Additional reporting by AP
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The health service isn’t “overlooked”. It’s just terribly ran and inefficient.
@Seán Ó hAnnracháin: Agree the Irish Health Service consumes 11% of our GDP v 9% average for other EU countries. Transparency needed on unit production. How many total manhours per procedure (direct and all indirect) v international benchmarks? Please publish.
- 2 Tier Irish Health System is obscene.
- Belfast buses from West Cork for cataract operations.
Tidal wave of health and mental issue s will follow.
The worse is yet to come.
‘Overlooked’ as in intentionally underfunded to scare people into the arrms of private health insurance companies.
“That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital” – Noam Chomsky
@The Risen: Funding has increased by 1/5 over the past 5 years, so the HSE is definitely not being “underunded”, but epically mis-managed. But don’t let facts get in the way of your little rants.
@The Risen: it’s a thought but I don’t really think so there are a lot off buffoons in charge
@The Risen: nothing underfunded about our health service… It’s run by a bunch of interest groups who are more concerned with their share rather than the health of the nation. Top heavy management that wasn’t thinned out in the move from Health Boards to the HSE maintains the lack of value and continuing inefficiency of any investment. Hospitals owned or managed by “patrons” despite being funded and developed by the state limit the mobility and efficiency of trained staff. Working practices designed to ensure as much staff as possible are paid at higher levels and a ridiculous consultant contract all contribute to ensure that any individual procedure actually costs more than the equivalent in a private setting, any of the double jobbing consultants will confirm this.
@The Risen: You say this because the HSE SHOULD BE a leftists’ wet dream – a big public sector (union dominated) organisation running our health system for the benefit of the public. But it’s a disaster. But that’s ok, because just blame the mean Gov or those evil capitalists. Hate to burst your bubble, but the HSE is the way it is because it is dominated by public sector vested interests (i.e Unions). There is no real accountability. There is no desire from within for change and any significant change is fought tooth nail because the status quo suits the special interests (i.e PS unions)- they’ve carved it out this way. At least if you’re paying for a service, the provider has an interest in providing you a good service. The HSE bureaucrat has no such interest, they are paid regardless.
All future governments will tie up the banking crisis borrowings with loans from Covid and will blame “Covid” for everything for years to come.
What health service as its near impossible to even see a GP these days
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