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 on Thursday morning to fatally assaulting Pickton with a broken broom handle at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024.

Charest pleaded guilty to first-degree murder during a court appearance in Sept-Îles, Que., northeast of Quebec City.

Pickton was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder, but confessed to killing a total of 49 women whom he lured to his pig farm near Vancouver. WATCH | Pickton dies after fatal prison assault:

Serial killer Robert Pickton is dead May 31, 2024 Duration 2:04 Robert Pickton had been in hospital since May 19 after being the target of what Correctional Service Canada cal

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