Crey disappointed by Crown decision
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Updated: October 30, 2009 9:39 AM
Chilliwack resident Ernie Crey was crestfallen to hear that Crown counsel decided against proceeding with new criminal charges against convicted serial killer Robert Pickton.
“It’s very disappointing,” he told The Progress Thursday.
The DNA of Crey’s sister, Dawn Crey, was found at the Pickton family pig farm in Port Coquitlam in 2004, but Pickton was never charged in connection with her disappearance or death. He was subsequently charged with the murders of 26 women but the cases were split up.
The first six convictions came down in September 2007, but Dawn Crey’s name was not among the names of the victims.
Crey remembered the “crushing feelings of sadness and disappointment, which gave way to anger,” when then Attorney-General Wally Oppal decided not to go to trial on the remaining 20 counts of murder.
Crey heard from a Vancouver reporter yesterday that the RCMP had recommended six new murder charges to Crown, including one for his sister.
“I was so glad to hear it, since I had been lobbying so hard for that,” Crey said. “I wanted answers as to why there were no additional charges forthcoming.”
This week, however, Crey said he had “no inkling” that police were about to recommend new charges against Pickton.
“It came as a surprise,” he said. “The first thing I wanted to know was how the Crown was going to react to the RCMP recommendations, and I guess now we know.”
jfeinberg@theprogress.com
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