The man who is accused of having brutally murdered the serial killer Robert Pickton in the penitentiary of Port-Cartier briefly appeared by videoconferencing on Thursday at the Palais de Justice in Sept-Îles.
Martin Charest, 52 years old, faces an accusation of premeditated murder in connection with the death of Pickton, which occurred in May 2024.
According to the proof in the file, Martin Charest would have broken a broom hand before breaking it in the face of Robert Pickton, assault in the maximum security penitentiary on May 19, 2024. Hospitalized in Sept-Îles, then transferred to the Child Jesus hospital in Quebec, Pickton had finally succumbed to his injuries 12 days later, at the age of 74.
No accusation had been made at the time, but Charest was recently designated as a suspect following the Sûreté du Québec surveys and the Correctional Service of Canada. Its appearance took place from Archambault, penitentiary located in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the Laurentians. He was barely visible behind bars.
Technical failure
The procedure was interrupted by a technological failure when the videoconferencing system connecting the Palais de Justice de Sept-Îles has ceased to disseminate. Martin Charest’s lawyer, Me Sonia Bogdaniec, had to finish the procedure on her cell phone in her car.
Judge Vicky Lapierre, from the Court of Quebec, ordered Martin Charest’s detention in detention, a formality since it is already behind bars and the rest of the procedures was set for September 2 to give time to the prosecutor of the Crown, Me Melissa Hogan, to complete the transmission of evidence in La Défense.
Robert Pickton was found guilty in 2007 of six counts of second degree murder. However, he admitted to having killed a total of 49 women whom he had loud in his Port Coquitlam porch, near Vancouver, British Columbia.
