Image of the perp.
Posted on 01/22/2007 5:59:27 AM PST by Dane
'Horror movie' serial killer trial begins
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Jurors who begin hearing evidence today against a pig farmer accused of being Canada's worst serial killer have been warned by the judge to expect testimony "as bad a horror movie". Robert William Pickton is charged with the deaths of 26 women, mostly prostitutes and drug addicts who vanished from Vancouver's impoverished Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in the 1990s.
He is accused of luring women to his family's 7-hectare pig farm outside Vancouver, where investigators say he threw drink and drug fuelled raves with prostitutes.
After his arrest in February 2002, health officials issued a tainted meat advisory to neighbours who may have bought pork from his farm, concerned that it may have contained human remains.
Pickton, 56, will first be tried for six of the deaths and has pleaded not guilty to each. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice James Williams decided that the other charges would be heard in a later trial to avoid overburdening the jury.
After Pickton was arrested and the first traces of DNA of some missing women were allegedly found on the farm, the buildings were razed and the province spent an estimated $US61 million ($77.45 million) to sift through acres of soil at the farm.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Suffice it to say, that if this monster had been making Chorizo, you wouldn't have posted this today, either, lol. You really are a one-note wonder, Dane.
And who do you pick to win the super bowl?
How wonderful of Canada not to have a death penalty ... unless you were a Vancouver prostitute.
Why did you delay in posting it?
boy, I am glad that every poster has seen fit so far to make what is a horrific crime into a chance to make cheap political points
Maybe I'm behind, but I remember reading about this as the case was unfolding in 2002. Right here on FR.
Since the date of this article is Jan 22 (today in the US) how would someone have posted this article yesterday? I consider myself well informed, but The Age is not on my daily reading list. Sorry.
This case features death, dismemberment, sex, prostitutes, pigs, lurid details by the BC press and a chance to feel superior to Canada - how in the world would a FR poster NOT put it up post haste?
Image of the perp.
Seek therapy.
I remember when this happened 5 years ago. Maybe you should search for post of that story on FR from that time period. 5 years ago. Weirdo.
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