Crown, defence disagree on date for Pickton's 2nd trial
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 3:26 PM PT
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A date for Robert Pickton's trial on 20 first-degree murder charges is up in the air after the Crown and defence disagreed in a B.C. court over whether it should be scheduled while he's appealing his convictions on six other murder counts.
The Crown wants to adjourn the matter of setting a date for three or four weeks and then apply to have the second trial after the appeal is completed, prosecutor Melissa Gillespie said in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Thursday.
But Pickton's lawyer, Peter Ritchie, who's bowing out from the second trial, said accepting the Crown's approach could delay that trial by a couple of years.
Ritchie told court that Pickton is anxious to proceed.
Pickton appeared via video link in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, where the judge adjourned the hearing to Monday.
After an 11-month trial, Pickton was convicted in January on lesser charges of second-degree murder in the killing of six women whose remains were found on his Port Coquitlam pig farm.
He was sentenced to life in prison with 25 years before he can apply for parole.
The 26 women Pickton was charged with slaying disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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