By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Serial killer Pickton hospitalized after Quebec prison assault

May 21, 2024 | 8:28 AM

MONTREAL — Correctional Service Canada is confirming that B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton was the inmate injured in a major assault Sunday at a Quebec prison.

Quebec provincial police say the 74-year-old Pickton was taken to hospital with injuries that are considered life-threatening.

The correctional service says the assault at the maximum security Port-Cartier Institution on Quebec’s north shore did not involve any of its staff.

More coming.

The Canadian Press

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