Canadian Farmer Found Guilty of Murder
Posted on: Sunday, 9 December 2007, 15:00 CST
By ROB GILLIES
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia - A pig farmer accused of being Canada's worst serial killer was found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder Sunday.
The verdict ended the trial of Robert 'Willie' Pickton on the first six of 26 murder charges in the deaths of women, most of them prostitutes and drug addicts from a seedy Vancouver neighborhood.
Pickton, 58, was tried for the killings of Mona Wilson, Sereena Abotsway, Marnie Frey, Brenda Wolfe, Andrea Joesbury and Georgina Papin. The defense acknowledged that their remains were found on Pickton's farm outside Vancouver, but denied he was responsible for their deaths.
The jury of seven men and five women began its deliberations Friday night. They had the option of finding Pickton guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter or not guilty on any of the six counts.
Prosecutors have said Pickton will be tried for the 20 other murder charges but no date has been set.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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