WINNIPEG — The trial of admitted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki learned about him through his own words Wednesday, with pen pal letters in which he discusses everything from the persecution of Caucasians to his post-apocalyptic zombie novel.
"A racist is someone who wakes up white in the morning," Skibicki wrote to a fellow inmate in a series of letters entered into evidence at his trial.
The trial was originally to be heard by a jury. But both sides agreed to a judge-alone trial just before it began, when defence lawyers announced Skibicki admits to killing the women but should be found not criminally responsible. In the letters, Skibicki acknowledges his words will be monitored and read by officials. In one, he says he can’t say much about his case but adds,"I am seriously considering giving up even though I have a Not Criminally Responsible defence with experts.”"I'm probably one of the most hated men in Winnipeg ,” he writes.The letters detail other thoughts and sentiments.
In one letter, he writes a prologue to a zombie novel set in Winnipeg during the collapse of society amid world war. He wonders if he can still profit from the sale of a work of fiction not linked to his criminal case. Also in the letters, Skibicki dismisses the impact of sexual abuse in residential schools and links other religions to child abuse. But he says, “We're not allowed to talk about that ."
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