Decapitator pleads not guilty
2009-03-03 22:13
Manitoba - A man accused of beheading and cannibalising a fellow passenger on a bus in Canada has pleaded not guilty.
Vince Li was wearing a suit as he entered a Winnipeg courtroom at the start of his trial on Tuesday.
The Chinese immigrant is accused of the second-degree murder last year of Tim McLean, a carnival worker who was killed in what passengers described as a random, horrific attack.
Li's lawyers are not disputing that he killed McLean, but will argue Li was mentally ill and not criminally responsible.
Three days have been set aside for the trial being heard by a judge alone.
The victim's mother, Carol deDelley, says she wants the law changed so anyone found not criminally responsible for a crime still serves time behind bars.
- AP