Luka Rocco Magnotta's return cost $375,000

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The cost to Canadian taxpayers for Luka Rocco Magnotta's extradition from Germany, aboard a government plane fit for the prime minister, is expected to be about $375,000.

The estimated price tag for the accused killer's unusual journey home includes flight expenses, catering service and a hotel stay for authorities who fetched the fugitive from across the Atlantic, according to federal documents obtained by The Canadian Press.

Berlin police arrested Magnotta in early June to end an international manhunt following the killing and dismemberment of Chinese national Jun Lin.

Magnotta is facing several charges in connection with the gruesome slaying, including first-degree murder. The 30-year-old porn actor and stripper has pleaded not guilty to all counts. The chilling details of the crimes he's accused of caught media attention around the world.


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Luka Rocco Magnotta's return cost $375,000
 
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Who cares how much it costs? So long as they get him. You cant let him escape to save a few bucks.
 
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WLDB said:
Who cares how much it costs? So long as they get him. You cant let him escape to save a few bucks.
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Well you know, there is the cost of the fuel, the wages of the crew and the escorts As far as I know, we own the aircraft. $375,000 sounds a little high.
 
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#juan said:
Well you know, there is the cost of the fuel, the wages of the crew and the escorts As far as I know, we own the aircraft. $375,000 sounds a little high.
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True. I would have guessed around 10k. Its not that expensive to get a one way ticket from Germany to Canada with a couple officers to hold the guy. I was a bit surprised to see hotel costs in the description. Unless we paid the Germans for catching and holding him the price does seem steep. Nevertheless, its better than letting him go.
 
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Yeah, well, not a good idea to bring him home on a commercial flight. As notorious as he is, I would have been livid had he shown up on my commerical trans-atlantic flight.
 
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Too bad he couldn't "accidentally" fall out of the plane...say, at 20000 feet or so?;)
 
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shadowshiv said:
Hopefully he ends up in a deep dark hole for the rest of his life.
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As much as I think the entire legal process needs to be as open and transparent as possible, to maintain it's own integrity, this is the exact kind of case that I think the media blackout was built for. Don't give him any more fame (or infamy) than he's already received.

And yes, I hope he lives a very long and very, very miserable life.
 
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SLM said:
As much as I think the entire legal process needs to be as open and transparent as possible, to maintain it's own integrity, this is the exact kind of case that I think the media blackout was built for. Don't give him any more fame (or infamy) than he's already received.

And yes, I hope he lives a very long and very, very miserable life.
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There was an episode of NCIS where this guy murdered people (in a lavish way) just so he could be the next big serial killer and that everyone would know his name. He said he would confess and show them where the evidence to convict him was if they aired his "manifesto" on the evening news. They agreed and he showed the evidence. Of course, they can legally lie, and they did. On the evening news, it said that since it was a terrorist action and in the interests of National Security the person could not be named. Therefore, he would never get the limelight he wanted so badly.

Obviously that was from a fictional television show, but I don't see why they couldn't do something similar in real life.
 
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shadowshiv said:
There was an episode of NCIS where this guy murdered people (in a lavish way) just so he could be the next big serial killer and that everyone would know his name. He said he would confess and show them where the evidence to convict him was if they aired his "manifesto" on the evening news. They agreed and he showed the evidence. Of course, they can legally lie, and they did. On the evening news, it said that since it was a terrorist action and in the interests of National Security the person could not be named. Therefore, he would never get the limelight he wanted so badly.

Obviously that was from a fictional television show, but I don't see why they couldn't do something similar in real life.
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You know, even though it was difficult to go through I do kind of like the way that the courts dealt with all the information with Russell Williams. Reading it out, he got little to no fanfare. It was hard to hear about it, all the evidence, but I kind of think that we needed to hear it unvarnished, without media titles and musical introductions on the evening news. (I swear they are going to be issuing Emmys soon for the flashy themes they have on the news pieces now. ) I know the reason they did it that way was because he pled guilty and they needed it read to go on the public record.

I just don't want to see him get any more attention. He does not deserve it.
 
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