Canadian beheading suspect: Please kill me
Wednesday, 06 Aug 2008 09:58
Tim McLean was killed on the bus last week
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A man accused of decapitating a passenger on a Canadian bus has asked in court for someone to "please kill me".
Vince Weiguang Li, 40, is accused of killing bus passenger Tim McLean, 22, in a seemingly motiveless attack on a Greyhound bus between Edmonton and Winnipeg, Manitoba last week.
Witnesses on the bus claim the victim's head was shown to them by the man before he began disembowelling the body.
At the provincial court in Manitoba yesterday, prosecutor Joyce Dalmyn asked for a mental evaluation of Mr Li and revealed further details about the attack last Wednesday.
She claimed that when Mr Li was arrested he was carrying a plastic bag containing Mr McLean's ear, nose and part of his mouth.
And he said to officers: "I have to stay on the bus forever".
When asked by Judge Michel Chartier if he wanted legal representation he simply replied: "Please kill me".
Mr Li is charged with second degree murder and has yet to enter a plea. He is due back in court in September 8th.