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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A man charged with attacking and beheading a fellow passenger on a Canadian Greyhound bus has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial in Manitoba. Vincent Li, 40, didn't appear in court in Portage la Prairie on Monday but his court-appointed defense team said doctors at the psychiatric center where he is being held said Li understands the second-degree...
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A man charged with attacking and beheading a fellow passenger on a Canadian Greyhound bus has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial in Manitoba.Vincent Li, 40, didn't appear in court in Portage la Prairie on Monday but his court-appointed defense team said doctors at the psychiatric center where he is being held said Li understands the second-degree murder charge and the consequences.A trial date...
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - A man accused of beheading a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in southern Manitoba this summer has told his lawyers he understands the situation and is willing to go to trial. Vincent Li was charged with second-degree murder after the brutal death of Tim McLean, 22. "He is fit to stand trial," defence lawyer Gordon Bates said
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
A man accused of beheading a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba was expected to appear in court in Portage la Prairie, Man. on Monday.
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
A judge Monday postponed a hearing on whether a man accused of beheading a fellow bus passenger in Canada is fit to stand trial.Judge Jean McBride of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Provincial Court agreed to postpone the hearing until Oct. 6 to give a psychiatrist examining Vince Weiguang Li more time to complete his evaluation.Li, 40, a Chinese immigrant, is charged with second-degree murder in the...
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Jay Currie (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
As the life of McLean — who was stabbed to death and beheaded aboard a Greyhound bus July 30 west of Portage la Prairie — was celebrated at Westwood Community Church, an estimated 400 to 600 supporters of his family lined adjacent streets for hours to keep watch for any appearance by members of [...]
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
By: Mike McIntyre What would possess someone to kill, dismember and defile a stranger on a bus? It's a question the whole world has been asking since last week's tragedy on board a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie. The mental health of murder suspect Vincent Li is likely to be a significant issue as the case moves forward. Several medical experts are already predicting a finding that Li
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Family and friends gathered Saturday afternoon to farewell to Tim McLean, 22, who was brutally killed aboard a Greyhound bus just over a week ago near Portage la Prairie.
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Brendan Hodgson (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... in the wake of last week's barbaric murder on a Greyhound bus. Good judgement... Greyhound pulls its ad Poor judgement... Peta creates one Good judgement... Portage la Prairie's Portage Daily Graphic refuses to run it. Poor judgement... Peta's attempt to justify it: A group spokesperson is unapologetic. "Like human victims, animals in slaughterhouses experience terror when they are attacked by...
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Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Module body Oh my -- hard to say anything except, oh my... . (well, I suppose they did get press but I'm not sure they'll necessarily get a "big tent" crowd on side with this). By The Canadian Press PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - An animal rights group has tried - and failed - to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading of a passenger on a Greyhound bus last week to the treatment of animals by the meat...
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Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
PETA has tried -- and failed -- to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading of a passenger on a Greyhound bus last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry. The newspaper in Portage la Prairie has...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The PM in Winnipeg last night: "Reporters were not allowed to ask Harper questions, and he made no mention of the violence that has beset Manitoba in recent weeks, including: the beheading death of Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie last week, the police shooting of Craig McDougall last Saturday that has raised the ire of Aboriginal leaders, or the death of Michael Langan late last...
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halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
...it's definitely time to thin the herd... "PETA is planning on running the ad in the Portage la Prairie paper where the 'accused' is in court." ( h/t reader sammy )
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
A Canadian prosecutor outlined grisly details of the beheading on a Greyhound bus during a hearing Tuesday for the suspect. Vincent Li, 40, remained silent for most of the proceedings in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, shaking or nodding his head to answer questions, The Winnipeg Free Press reported. At one point, he muttered Kill me now.Joyce Dalmyn, the crown attorney, asked the court to order a psychiatric...
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worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba (Reuters) - A man accused of killing, decapitating and eating the flesh of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada shook his head and said “Please kill me” on Tuesday when a judge asked him if he wanted a lawyer. Go to news source
