Canada's Very Own Serial Killer
January 24th 2007 05:14
Accused serial killer Robert William Pickton allegedly confessed to killing 49 women and intended to kill one more to make it an even 50, prosecutors in his murder trial said.
Pickton, 56, has been charged with 26 counts of first- degree murder, accused of killing mostly prostitutes and drug addicts who vanished from a poor Vancouver neighborhood in the 1990s.
He has pleaded not guilty to the first six counts for which he is being tried. It is expected to be the most macabre and lengthy murder trial in Canadian history.
Prosecutor Derrill Prevett stunned the courtroom yesterday when he said Pickton told investigators, including an undercover officer planted in his jail cell, that he had slain 49 women.
"I was going to do one more and make it an even 50," Prevett quoted Pickton as telling investigators. "I made my own grave by being sloppy."
Pickton went on to describe himself as a mass murderer who deserved to be on death row, according to Prevett.
But defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told jurors Pickton did not kill or participate in the murders of the six women.
He asked them to pay close attention to Pickton's demeanor in the courtroom, in particular his level of sophistication. He did not address Pickton's alleged murder confessions.
Jurors had been warned that details of the case, until now under a publication ban in Canada, would be horrific. As details began to emerge yesterday, some relatives of the victims began to cry and leave the courtroom.
via NDTV
Pickton, 56, has been charged with 26 counts of first- degree murder, accused of killing mostly prostitutes and drug addicts who vanished from a poor Vancouver neighborhood in the 1990s.
He has pleaded not guilty to the first six counts for which he is being tried. It is expected to be the most macabre and lengthy murder trial in Canadian history.
Prosecutor Derrill Prevett stunned the courtroom yesterday when he said Pickton told investigators, including an undercover officer planted in his jail cell, that he had slain 49 women.
"I was going to do one more and make it an even 50," Prevett quoted Pickton as telling investigators. "I made my own grave by being sloppy."
Pickton went on to describe himself as a mass murderer who deserved to be on death row, according to Prevett.
But defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told jurors Pickton did not kill or participate in the murders of the six women.
He asked them to pay close attention to Pickton's demeanor in the courtroom, in particular his level of sophistication. He did not address Pickton's alleged murder confessions.
Jurors had been warned that details of the case, until now under a publication ban in Canada, would be horrific. As details began to emerge yesterday, some relatives of the victims began to cry and leave the courtroom.
via NDTV
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