Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison

Pickton, 71, who died in hospital following attack on 19 May, fed his victims' remains to pigs on his farm

Robert Pickton, a notorious Canadian serial killer who fed his victims' remains to his pigs on his farm near Vancouver, has died after being assaulted in prison.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement that Pickton, 71, died in hospital on Friday, following the attack on 19 May by another inmate of Port-Cartier Institution in the province of Quebec.