Posted AT 5:09 AM EDT on 10/12/07
In the public gallery, verdict brings confusion, mixed emotions
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — They were settling into their tenth day of waiting for a verdict in the Robert Pickton murder trial. Family and friends of the victims were on the plaza outside the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, joining in a native healing ceremony praying for a favourable outcome.
Suddenly word that the jury had a verdict spread through the crowd like an electric current.
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