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Jean Leclair, lawyer for Luka Magnotta, meets with reporters following Magnotta\'s court appearance Thursday, June 21, 2012 in Montreal. The accused body-parts killer had court dates set for early next year and was told he will face a preliminary hearing next March where evidence against him will be disclosed. He did not ask for a psychiatric evaluation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

So who’ll defend man accused of mailing body parts to Conservatives? A Conservative

MONTREAL – So who will defend Luka Rocco Magnotta — the man accused of mailing body parts to the Conservative Party of Canada? His lawyer will be a Conservative.

Toronto lawyer Luc Leclair will represent Magnotta, accused of first-degree murder in the gruesome death of Montreal university student Jun Lin.

Leclair has organized leadership campaigns for several prominent conservatives — Peter MacKay, Belinda Stronach and John Tory, the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives.

Magnotta is also alleged to have defiled Lin’s corpse and mailed his hands and feet separately to four locations across Canada.

One of Lin’s severed feet was shipped last month to the federal Conservative party Ottawa headquarters.

The 29-year-old Magnotta also faces a charge of harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and MPs.

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