Posted AT 1:11 AM EDT on 07/12/07
Pickton judge admits mistake
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — In a startling development on the seventh day of jury deliberations, the judge at the Robert Pickton first-degree murder trial admitted he made an error and reworded his instructions to the jury.
As the 12 jurors returned to the courtroom, Mr. Pickton looked at the floor, at the judge, at his lawyers, at anyone but the jurors.
Similarly, none of the jurors looked at Mr. Pickton.
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