BC Serial Killer Robert Pickton Hospitalized Following ‘Major Assault’ in Quebec Prison

Published on May 21, 2024

B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton was the victim of a life-threatening assault at Quebec’s maximum-security Port-Cartier Institution over the weekend and is currently being treated in hospital. “We can confirm that inmate Robert Pickton was involved in a major assault on May 19,” a spokesperson from the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) told The Epoch Times in an email. The assault did not involve any CSC staff, the email said, adding that the agency was not able to disclose any further details, including Mr. Pickton’s medical information. Although details of the notorious serial killer’s current condition could not be confirmed prior to publication, Quebec provincial police said Pickton, 74, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries....