MONTREAL -- Nine jurors have now been selected to hear evidence at Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial.
Two men were chosen in a Montreal courtroom this morning -- a freelance translator and a professor at a junior college.
That means the jury is so far made up of five men and four women.
The process will continue until 16 people have been picked -- 14 jurors and two alternates who will serve as a safeguard until the trial begins. Ultimately, 14 jurors will hear the case and a dozen will deliberate on the final verdict.
The 32-year-old Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the May 2012 slaying and dismemberment of 33-year-old Lin Jun, a Chinese engineering student.
The trial is expected to last between six and eight weeks and is scheduled to begin hearing evidence this coming Monday.
Besides the murder charge, Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to committing an indignity to a body; publishing obscene material; criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; and mailing obscene and indecent material.
