NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A longtime acquaintance of the Pickton brothers says accused killer Robert Pickton went to parties at a site near the Pickton farm known as Piggy's Palace.
Bill Malone, who worked with Dave Pickton in some of his demolition and excavation businesses, was the eighth witness since the defence opened its case Tuesday.
Malone said he's known the Picktons since the 1980s and worked at Dave Pickton's business several times a week, mostly in the 1990s.
Malone said that he was primarily responsible for the concept of Piggy's Palace and much of its construction.
He said when there were parties there, Robert Pickton would attend for about two hours and talk to everyone there.
Every event featured a roasted pig which came from pigs bought from the auction by Robert Pickton and slaughtered by him and Pat Casanova and Casanova would barbecue them.
Malone described Piggy's Palace as a place for office parties and later a nightclub.
He outfitted the kitchen so it could feed as many as 500 people and it had a with a first-class sound system and beer steins to give it a home feeling.
He said there may be as many as six events a year and they would serve turkey, roast beef and roasted pigs.
