EDMONTON — An Edmonton webmaster accused of posting a video that authorities believe shows Luka Magnotta killing a Chinese university student has been committed to stand trial.

Following a two-day preliminary hearing, Judge Steven Bilodeau ordered Mark Marek, owner of bestgore.com, to stand trial on a charge of publishing obscenities.

Marek, who remains free on bail, is slated to be in court on Oct. 17 to set a trial date.

There is a ban on publication of the evidence heard, the legal arguments made and reasons for committal by the judge in the preliminary hearing, which wrapped up Wednesday.

Marek, 39, was charged by city police for allegedly posting a video entitled "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick" on his website. Police say the video allegedly shows Magnotta stabbing Jun Lin with an ice pick, cutting up his body and eating some of it.

On May 29, 2012, Lin's torso was found stuffed inside a suitcase outside a west end Montreal apartment building where Magnotta had lived. After a six-day international manhunt, Magnotta, a Toronto-born porn actor and former sex-trade worker, was arrested in Berlin, Germany.

Magnotta, 31, is facing a September trial in Montreal.