A small army of reporters has been anxiously awaiting a verdict in the Luka Magnotta case, as a jury continues to deliberate at the Montreal courthouse Saturday.
The waiting was only briefly interrupted at about 2:40 p.m. when the judge, Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer, made a point of announcing to reporters, but not the jury, that he has no connection to a Twitter account that was set up under his name.
Cournoyer was only made aware of the account after updates appeared in his personal email and does not know how his own email was used for the creation of the account.
Cournoyer said that he was "flabbergasted," by the development and wanted to ensure that all understood that he has no connection to the fake account.
Cournoyer is also the sitting judge in another high profile ongoing Montreal trial, that of Richard Bain.
The eight women and four male jurors started their work on Tuesday and have emerged just once since then.
They asked Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer whether a personality disorder is a disease of the mind from a legal standpoint, something Cournoyer confirmed.
On Friday afternoon they sent a note to the judge indicating they weren't able to view certain videos on the court-issued computer in the room where they're doing their work.
Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder and four other offences in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin in May 2012.
Magnotta has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder and is trying to be found not criminally responsible.
-With a file from The Canadian Press
