The Canadian porn star suspected of killing and dismembering his lover has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, appeared by video link in a packed Montreal courtroom after being extradited from Germany.
He is accused of killing Chinese student Jun Lin and is supected of sending his body parts to Canadian political parties and schools.
Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder, criminal harassment, interfering with a dead body, mailing obscene materials and publishing obscene materials.
Investigators say he filmed himself on the night of May 24 using a pickaxe to kill his victim, who was studying computer science in Montreal.
It shows him dismembering and defiling the corpse and then eating part of the body.
Lin's hands and feet were posted to the offices of political parties in Ottawa and to schools in Vancouver. His torso was found in a pile of rubbish behind Magnotta's Montreal apartment. His head is still missing.
The case has horrified Canada, and Montreal police have described the crime scene as the worst they have ever seen.
The international manhunt for Magnotta ended earlier this month when he was detained by officers in a Berlin internet cafe, while looking up online articles about himself.
The courtroom video link showed Magnotta wearing the same light-colored sweatshirt he wore when he arrived in Canada, and he stood as the judge quickly read off the charges by their numbers.
Prosecution officials said Magnotta's lawyer asked for a delay in proceedings until Thursday to decide whether to request a psychological evaluation to determine if he could be held criminally responsible.
Lin's parents flew to Montreal after their son's death, and prosecutor Helene Di Salvo said prosecutors would meet them soon.
"It's the beginning of a very long year or two years, so we will try to help them to go through this because at some point, I'm guessing, they will go back to their own country and my colleague and I really want them to believe in our justice system," she told reporters. "This is really hard for the family."
The Chinese government has urged that justice be done.
"We hope that Canada can uphold justice, and in handling this case give consideration to the wishes of the deceased's family," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in Beijing. "We hope to see justice upheld in this case, so that the deceased can rest in peace."
