BELLEVILLE - The Canadian military was rocked to its core yesterday following the bombshell allegation that the colonel in command of the country's largest air force base had killed two women and sexually assaulted two others.
Colonel Russell Williams, a 46-year-old career member of the Canadian Forces, was charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd, 27, of Belleville, and Marie France Comeau, a 38-year-old corporal with CFB Trenton's 437 Squadron who was killed last November.
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Williams was an elite pilot, a "shining bright star" of the military who rose through the ranks during his 23-year career to fly the prime minister and Governor General across Canada and abroad.
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He is now also charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement in attacks on two other women in the Belleville region during home invasions last September.