The man accused of murdering serial killer Robert Pickton intends to plead guilty to first-degree murder, he announced through his lawyer Wednesday.

Martin Charest appeared at the Sept-Îles, Que., courthouse by videoconference from a prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the company of his lawyer Sonia Bogdaniec.

According to prosecutor Mélissa Hogan, the situation Wednesday wasn't ideal to record Charest's plea, she explained over email. Judge Jean-Louis Lemay has scheduled the plea hearing for Sept. 25.

In May 2024, Charest allegedly attacked Pickton while they were both inmates at Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison. Pickton died in hospital nearly two weeks after the assault.

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