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The man accused of killing a Chinese student in Montreal, dismembering his body and mailing parts of it to Canadian political parties and two schools pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. The suspect, Luka Rocco Magnotta, was returned to Montreal on Monday from Berlin, where he was captured two weeks ago. He appeared in court by way of a video link from an undisclosed police detention center. His lawyer said he would ask the court on Thursday to order a psychiatric evaluation to determine if his client could be held criminally responsible. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A hired killer pleaded guilty in a Quebec City court on Tuesday to 27 murders and 12 attempted murders. Many victims of the killer, Gerald Gallant, belonged to rival motorcycle gangs fighting for control of Quebec's drug trade. Mr. Gallant, who is already serving a life sentence for one murder, is now a police informant, and he provided tips that led to 10 arrests last week. In exchange for the guilty pleas, he will receive $40 a month to spend at a prison canteen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]