Jury selection begins for the first of two trials. Fourteen jurors will be chosen from a list of 600 potential people.
»CBC STORY: Pickton jury faces close screening
August 9, 2006
B.C. Supreme Court judge rules that the 26 first-degree murder charges against Pickton be split into two parts and that he first be tried on six counts.
» CBC STORY: Pickton to be initially tried on 6 counts of murder
June 29, 2006:
Crown prosecutors and Pickton's lawyers agree to start presenting evidence to a jury in January 2007.
» CBC STORY: Pickton jury could hear evidence by Jan. 2007
March 7, 2006:
Prosecutors decide not to appeal a judge's decision to throw out one of the 27 murder charges against Pickton.
» CBC STORY: Crown won't appeal quashed charge against Pickton
March 2, 2006:
A judge rules that Pickton cannot be charged with the murder of an unidentified victim. This reduces the number of charges against Pickton to 26.
» CBC STORY: 1 of 27 charges against accused killer Pickton thrown out
Jan. 30, 2006:
The trial of Robert Pickton begins in New Westminster, B.C. The voir dire phase of the trial, in which lawyers argue over what evidence will be admissible, is expected to last several months on its own.
» CBC STORY: Pickton trial to start Monday
Aug. 21, 2005:
The Canadian Press reports that the B.C. government put a $10-million mortgage on Pickton's pig farm in February 2003 to cover his publicly funded defence.
» CBC STORY: B.C. puts $10-million mortgage on accused killer's farm
June 8, 2005:
Justice James Williams rules against unusually tight restrictions on communicating pre-trial evidence. Defence lawyers wanted the judge to order people watching the pre-trial evidence unfold not to talk to or otherwise communicate with anyone about what they had learned. The ruling means pre-trial evidence will still be covered by a standard publication ban.
» CBC STORY: Pickton judge rules against ban on conversation
June 1, 2005:
Justice James Williams of New Westminster, B.C., is appointed as trial judge in the Pickton case. Williams replaces Justice Geoffrey Barrow, who stepped aside because of trial scheduling problems.
» CBC STORY: New judge named to handle Pickton murder case
May 25, 2005:
B.C. Crown prosecutors announce 12 new first-degree murder charges against Robert Pickton, bringing the total number of murder charges against him to 27. Pickton appears via videolink to hear the charges.
» CBC STORY: Robert Pickton faces 12 more murder charges
March 31, 2005:
Judge Geoffery Barrow of Kelowna, B.C., is chosen to hear the case against Pickton.
» CBC STORY: Judge chosen for Pickton murder trial
Feb. 14, 2005:
In Vancouver, more than 500 people march in an annual Valentine's Day memorial for women who have disappeared from the city's Downtown Eastside.
» CBC STORY: Vancouver's missing women remembered in march
Dec. 20, 2004:
A judge grants Pickton's defence team a third delay to examine the results of nearly 150,000 DNA swabs from his farm.
» CBC STORY: Pickton trial date delayed again
Oct. 6, 2004:
The RCMP in Vancouver add eight names to the list of women missing from the city's Downtown Eastside.
» CBC STORY: More names added to missing women's list in Vancouver
March 10, 2004:
Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.'s officer of health, says he can't rule out the possibility that human remains were in the meat processed at Pickton's pig farm. The meat from the farm was never distributed commercially. About 40 friends and neighbours may have eaten meat from the farm.
» CBC STORY: Human remains may have been in farm meat
»CBC STORY: Pickton jury faces close screening
August 9, 2006
B.C. Supreme Court judge rules that the 26 first-degree murder charges against Pickton be split into two parts and that he first be tried on six counts.
» CBC STORY: Pickton to be initially tried on 6 counts of murder
June 29, 2006:
Crown prosecutors and Pickton's lawyers agree to start presenting evidence to a jury in January 2007.
» CBC STORY: Pickton jury could hear evidence by Jan. 2007
March 7, 2006:
Prosecutors decide not to appeal a judge's decision to throw out one of the 27 murder charges against Pickton.
» CBC STORY: Crown won't appeal quashed charge against Pickton
March 2, 2006:
A judge rules that Pickton cannot be charged with the murder of an unidentified victim. This reduces the number of charges against Pickton to 26.
» CBC STORY: 1 of 27 charges against accused killer Pickton thrown out
Jan. 30, 2006:
The trial of Robert Pickton begins in New Westminster, B.C. The voir dire phase of the trial, in which lawyers argue over what evidence will be admissible, is expected to last several months on its own.
» CBC STORY: Pickton trial to start Monday
Aug. 21, 2005:
The Canadian Press reports that the B.C. government put a $10-million mortgage on Pickton's pig farm in February 2003 to cover his publicly funded defence.
» CBC STORY: B.C. puts $10-million mortgage on accused killer's farm
June 8, 2005:
Justice James Williams rules against unusually tight restrictions on communicating pre-trial evidence. Defence lawyers wanted the judge to order people watching the pre-trial evidence unfold not to talk to or otherwise communicate with anyone about what they had learned. The ruling means pre-trial evidence will still be covered by a standard publication ban.
» CBC STORY: Pickton judge rules against ban on conversation
June 1, 2005:
Justice James Williams of New Westminster, B.C., is appointed as trial judge in the Pickton case. Williams replaces Justice Geoffrey Barrow, who stepped aside because of trial scheduling problems.
» CBC STORY: New judge named to handle Pickton murder case
May 25, 2005:
B.C. Crown prosecutors announce 12 new first-degree murder charges against Robert Pickton, bringing the total number of murder charges against him to 27. Pickton appears via videolink to hear the charges.
» CBC STORY: Robert Pickton faces 12 more murder charges
March 31, 2005:
Judge Geoffery Barrow of Kelowna, B.C., is chosen to hear the case against Pickton.
» CBC STORY: Judge chosen for Pickton murder trial
Feb. 14, 2005:
In Vancouver, more than 500 people march in an annual Valentine's Day memorial for women who have disappeared from the city's Downtown Eastside.
» CBC STORY: Vancouver's missing women remembered in march
Dec. 20, 2004:
A judge grants Pickton's defence team a third delay to examine the results of nearly 150,000 DNA swabs from his farm.
» CBC STORY: Pickton trial date delayed again
Oct. 6, 2004:
The RCMP in Vancouver add eight names to the list of women missing from the city's Downtown Eastside.
» CBC STORY: More names added to missing women's list in Vancouver
March 10, 2004:
Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.'s officer of health, says he can't rule out the possibility that human remains were in the meat processed at Pickton's pig farm. The meat from the farm was never distributed commercially. About 40 friends and neighbours may have eaten meat from the farm.
» CBC STORY: Human remains may have been in farm meat
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