Serial killer Robert Pickton in critical condition after prison assault
CBC
Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after he was assaulted in prison on Sunday, Radio-Canada is reporting.
The Correctional Services of Canada (CSC) said in a statement Monday that an inmate at the maximum-security Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec was the victim of a major assault.
Port-Cartier, Que., is located around 700 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Two sources, including one police source, confirmed with Radio-Canada that the unnamed, assaulted inmate is Robert Pickton. The sources say Pickton is between life and death.
Authorities identified the assailant, who is another inmate, and "appropriate actions have been taken," the CSC said in the statement.
In 2007, Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of full parole for 25 years.
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