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sl8

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Fri May 31, 2024, 05:17 PM May 2024

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dies

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison

Pickton, 71, who died in hospital following attack on 19 May, fed his victims’ remains to pigs on his farm

Associated Press
Fri 31 May 2024 17.16 EDT

Robert Pickton, a notorious Canadian serial killer who fed his victims’ remains to his pigs on his farm near Vancouver, has died after being assaulted in prison.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement that Pickton, 71, died in hospital on Friday, following the attack on 19 May by another inmate of Port-Cartier Institution in the province of Quebec.

A 51-year-old inmate was in custody for the assault on Pickton, a police spokesman, Hugues Beaulieu, said earlier this month.

Robert “Willie” Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2007, with the maximum parole ineligibility period of 25 years, after being charged with the murders of 26 women.

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Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison (Original Post) sl8 May 2024 OP
Good riddance TexasDem69 May 2024 #1
Karma has come to the serial murderer. Spazito May 2024 #2
in britain's legal system you can serial kill, serve time, and repeat the process over again due to lax sentencing n msongs May 2024 #3

msongs

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3. in britain's legal system you can serial kill, serve time, and repeat the process over again due to lax sentencing n
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