Monday, January 22, 2007 3:43 Eastern Time
NEW WESTMINSTER, B-C -- Gruesome, shocking evidence -- and anadmission of murder -- have emerged at the opening of the RobertPickton trial in B-C.
The Crown told jurors that police who arrived at Pickton's farmin Port Coquitlam five years ago found body parts in a freezer. Prosecutor Derrill Prevett says the parts included several headsin buckets, with the heads having been cut in half vertically. He says police also found parts of hands and feet, bones andteeth, and D-N-A analysis identified the remains as those of the sixwomen Pickton is accused of killing in this trial.
Prevett also told the jurors at B-C Supreme Court in NewWestminster that Pickton admitted to killing 49 women and wanted tomake it an even 50 before he stopped.
He says the killings were the work of one man -- Robert Pickton-- adding he had the expertise and equipment for the task. However, defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told jurors Pickton did notkill or participate in the murders of the six women.
Before the Crown and defence began their opening statements,Justice James Williams warned the seven-man, five-women jury thatthe evidence will be distressing and repulsive.
He said they must be careful not to allow their objectivity toget swept away with their shock.
The Crown told jurors that police who arrived at Pickton's farmin Port Coquitlam five years ago found body parts in a freezer. Prosecutor Derrill Prevett says the parts included several headsin buckets, with the heads having been cut in half vertically. He says police also found parts of hands and feet, bones andteeth, and D-N-A analysis identified the remains as those of the sixwomen Pickton is accused of killing in this trial.
Prevett also told the jurors at B-C Supreme Court in NewWestminster that Pickton admitted to killing 49 women and wanted tomake it an even 50 before he stopped.
He says the killings were the work of one man -- Robert Pickton-- adding he had the expertise and equipment for the task. However, defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told jurors Pickton did notkill or participate in the murders of the six women.
Before the Crown and defence began their opening statements,Justice James Williams warned the seven-man, five-women jury thatthe evidence will be distressing and repulsive.
He said they must be careful not to allow their objectivity toget swept away with their shock.
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