Chubb's Testimony

Chubb's Testimony

Scott Chubb, Willie Pickton, hookers, serial killer, Downtown Eastside Vancouver

Scott Chubb was the informant who triggered the initial investigation on the Pickton farm.

He found employment trucking for Dave Pickton, Willie Pickton's brother. He would work for the Picktons for two years before leaving for a higher paying job

By Citizen Correspondent Trisha Baptie

Date Posted: 06/12/07

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Court opened this week with the testimony of Scott Chubb, a well-dressed 40-year-old man man, who we have heard much about. Chubb is, in fact, the person who told police about guns being on the property, which started initial investigation of the farm. We heard how Pickton showed him some guns he had and subsequently lent Chubb a .38 Browning, which Chubb sold for money. Then Chubb "sluffed him off" when Pickton made inquiries as to getting his gun back. While testifying there seemed to be no love lost between the two of them. During testimony, there was no obvious hostility between the men, but neither was there any sense of ease.

C hubb has a checkered past with many convictions, all to which he plead guilty over the years. Like the women this trial is about, as well as those witnesses we have heard from thus far, he too suffered from addiction issues and has not had any form of hard drugs in five years since completing the methadone program.

In 1993 Chubb moved here from Alberta and found himself looking for a job. He found employment trucking for Dave Pickton, Willie Pickton's brother. He would work for the Picktons for two years before leaving for a higher paying job, but continued to work on and off for the Picktons in the years after.

He talked about the freedom he had to wander around the farm, providing he "had a reason" to be somewhere, such as in the "truck barn." Since Chubb had no real experience in mechanics, he asked Pickton to help him frequently, because Willie had extensive knowledge about "anything that runs on gasoline."

There were other truckers on the farm that Chubb became friends with. One day, one of these guys suggested to Dave Pickton that he should transform the old horse barn on Burns Road into a place where the guys could "let off steam, relax and have a few beers." This planted the seed that would grow into "Piggy's Palace" - the infamous Pickton party place. With comical hilarity Chubb imitated Dave Pickton's high-pitched accented voice, saying, "sounds like a good idea."

So in the following months, the men would clean out the hay and manure, pressure wash it and, with materials brought in from the demolition business, they built a stags and dance floor, installed coolers, beer taps, stoves, ovens and everything else a pub needed.