A man accused of attacking a Chinese student in her Toronto apartment as her ex-boyfriend watched in horror via webcam from China has been convicted of first-degree murder.

A MAN accused of murdering a Chinese student made a brief court appearance just under a week since the victim’s boyfriend watched helplessly through a webcam as she struggled with an attacker.

A dishevelled man appeared in a Toronto court today charged with murdering a Chinese woman whose scuffle with her assailant was seen on webcam by her helpless boyfriend back home thousands of miles away.