Monday, January 22, 2007 7:06 Eastern Time
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia -- Robert Pickton will be takento the B-C Supreme Courthouse in New Westminster shortly before histrial on six counts of first-degree murder begins today. Members of the public who want to get a seat will have to get tothe courthouse much earlier this morning and line up.
Thirty-one seats have been set aside for members of the public toattend the trial. And they'll have to go through tight security to get in. Eighty-six seats have been alloted for family members of theslain women and for Pickton's family. But the families have a choice -- they can watch the proceedingsin the public courtroom or in a private room with a video link downthe hall.
However Pickton's brother, David Pickton, tells the Globe andMail he doesn't intend to attend the trial. The news media will have access to 86 seats while 11 seats havebeen set aside for government officials and an R-C-M-P observer.
Thirty-one seats have been set aside for members of the public toattend the trial. And they'll have to go through tight security to get in. Eighty-six seats have been alloted for family members of theslain women and for Pickton's family. But the families have a choice -- they can watch the proceedingsin the public courtroom or in a private room with a video link downthe hall.
However Pickton's brother, David Pickton, tells the Globe andMail he doesn't intend to attend the trial. The news media will have access to 86 seats while 11 seats havebeen set aside for government officials and an R-C-M-P observer.
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