An artist's sketch shows accused serial killer Robert Pickton taking notes during the second day of his trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., Tuesday January 31, 2006. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jane Wolsack
An artist's sketch shows accused serial killer Robert Pickton taking notes during the second day of his trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., Tuesday January 31, 2006. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jane Wolsack
MONTREAL - An inmate accused of killing notorious serial killer Robert Pickton in a prison attack last year is expected to plead guilty today.
Martin Charest was charged with first-degree murder in July, more than a year after Pickton died following a May 2024 assault at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary.Â
Charest's lawyer confirms her client will plead guilty to the charge at a court appearance in Sept-ÃŽles, northeast of Quebec City.
Pickton was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder, but confessed to killing a total of 49 women whom he lured to his pig farm near Vancouver.
An investigation summary released this summer showed Pickton was assaulted by a fellow inmate as medication was being distributed at the prison on May 19, 2024.
The report says Pickton died in hospital 12 days after his assailant broke a broomstick and thrust the broken end into the serial killer's face.
This report by the ºÃÉ«tv Press was first published Sept. 25, 2025.
