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Notorious Canada serial killer pens book, sparks outrage

Published 2016-02-22, 12:07 p/m
Notorious Canada serial killer pens book, sparks outrage
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TORONTO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - One of Canada's most infamous
serial killers, Robert Pickton, who was convicted in 2007 of
killing drug addicts and prostitutes and butchering their
remains at his pig farm, has released a book proclaiming his
innocence.
The book, published on Jan. 29 and available through the
online retailer Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O , is listed as a personal
memoir by Pickton, 66, who is serving a life sentence at a
prison in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Calling himself "the fall guy" on the book's jacket, Pickton
notes he is accused of murdering "between 6 and 49 women" and is
finally telling his story.
News of the book's existence immediately sparked outrage
across Canada, and negative reviews of the book piled up on
Amazon's website, with many urging publisher Outskirts Press and
Amazon to withdraw the book.
"We are taking this very seriously and investigating every
means available to ensure that the families involved are
protected from further harm and that Robert Pickton will not
profit in any way from this book," B.C. Minister of Public
Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris said in a statement
emailed on Monday.
Morris said the government was also appealing to Amazon to
stop selling the book.
Amazon could not be immediately reached for comment.
Pickton was convicted of killing six women whose partial
remains were found on his ramshackle property near Vancouver.
Government prosecutors dropped charges for an additional 20
murders after he was sentenced to life in prison.
The victims were among more than 60 women who disappeared
from Vancouver's poor, drug-infested Downtown Eastside
neighborhood over more than a decade until Pickton's arrest in
early 2002.

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