VANCOUVER — Four children of Vancouver’s missing women have filed lawsuits against serial killer Robert (Willy) Pickton and five RCMP officers over the loss of their mothers.
The civil suits filed Thursday also name as defendants the provincial justice ministry, the city of Vancouver, and Pickton’s brother and sister.
Read more:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Families+four+missing+women+file+lawsuit+against+Robert+Pickton+police+government/8361507/story.html#ixzz2SqrtyJ95
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Missing+Women+report+calls+financial+compensation+victims+children/7130375/story.html
http://www.cameronward.com/2012/12/forsaken-again-the-mwci-was-a-failed-opportunity-for-truth-and-reconciliation/
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Families+Pickton+victims+compensation/8365924/story.html
Jason Gratl, the lawyer representing the family members, says the province and the city have allowed Oppal’s recommendation for compensation to languish, and he hopes the lawsuits will prompt the two levels of government to take the issue seriously.
From The Tyee: http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/05/09/Pickton-Lawsuit/