Killer planned to take a break
06/02/2007 23:17  - (SA)  

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New Westminster - Accused serial killer Robert Pickton said he planned to commit one more murder before stopping at 50, taking a break and then killing another 25, an undercover officer testified on Tuesday.

Pickton, a pig farmer, also said a good way to get rid of bodies was with a meat-rendering plant, the officer said.

Pickton is charged with 26 counts of murder.

He is on trial for the first six.

The officer said he posed as a man facing attempted murder charges and gained Pickton's trust during their incarceration in February 2002.

"His only problem was he got sloppy at the end," the officer said Pickton told him.

He said Pickton bragged he had killed more people than Gary Ridgway, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to the murders of 48 prostitutes in the US state of Washington.

Investigators believe Pickton disposed of victims' bodies by feeding them to his pigs.

After his arrest, the province issued a tainted-meat warning for meat from his farm.

When Pickton came back to his cell after 11 hours of interrogation by police, "he appeared very upbeat, more confident", the officer said.

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