The "homicidal gardener" of homosexuals pleaded guilty to 8 murders

Bruce McArthur, the call "killer gardenerfrom Toronto, it was declared today guilty of the first degree murder of eight people from the gay community of the Canadian city between 2010 and 2017.

The eight victims of McArthur, whose names were read today in an audience hall then the accused admitted to being his murdererwere men from the city's gay community and, in many cases, belonged to ethnic minorities.

The remains of the deceased were found in large pots that McArthur, 67, had stored on the property of one of his clients who provided gardening services in Toronto.

For months after McArthur's arrest, police investigators searched for human remains of potential victims in more than 100 properties where he was working as a gardener.

The victims of McArthur have been identified as Andrew Kinsman, 49 years; Selim Esen44; Majeed Kayhanof 58; Soroush Mahmudifrom 50; Dean Lisowickfrom 47; Skandaraj Navaratnamfrom 40; Abdulbasir Faizi, 42; and Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnamout of 37.

The prosecution revealed today that the accused also kept "souvenirs" of his victims, such as jewels; that the murders had a badual reason; and it involved a certain level of staging.

Although McArthur is sentenced to a subsequent hearing, first degree murder automatically results in life imprisonment with no possibility of parole in 25 years.

McArthur was arrested in January 2018 after years of rumors in Toronto's gay neighborhood the presence of a serial killer responsible for the disappearance of several people.

However, the Toronto police refused the execution of a serial killer until his arrest.

Police performance has been severely criticized by organizations defending the rights of LGBT people who have denounced their lack of interest in solving crimes that affect marginalized communities.

After the arrest of McArthur, it was learned that he had been convicted in 2001 for attacking a prostitute with a metal bar.

McArthur was twice interrogated by the police. The second time, in 2016, he was questioned after a man said that McArthur had attempted to strangle him, but that the authorities had never accused him of the attack.

The Toronto police launched a review of dozens of missing persons between 1975 and 1995, in case they were linked to McArthur.