‘I Did It for the Victims’: Robert Pickton’s Killer Tells Court During Guilty Plea

An artist's sketch shows accused serial killer Robert Pickton taking notes during the second day of his trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., on Jan. 31, 2006. The Canadian Press/Jane Wolsack

An inmate who has pleaded guilty to murdering Robert Pickton in prison last year says he did it for the serial killer’s victims.

Martin Charest admitted today to fatally assaulting Pickton with a broken broom handle at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024.