Russell Williams charged in 2 x murders, confinement, sexual assault.

[The Bread Guy]

This from QMI, shared in accordance with the "fair dealing" provisions, Section 29, of the Copyright Act.

A majority of Canadians say former colonel Russell Williams' guilty pleas on rape and murder charges haven't affected their opinion of the military, according to an exclusive QMI Agency poll.

When asked what best represented their attitude about how the case affected their view of the Canadian military, 59% of people polled said the case had no impact on their opinion. About one in five, or 23%, said it hurt their opinion of the Canadian Forces, and 4% said it actually improved their view. Another 13% said they didn't know enough to have an opinion.

(….)

A spokesman for Leger Marketing, which conducted the poll for QMI Agency, said while the polls' results may not be surprising, sometimes that's a good thing.

“You would hope that something like the Russell Williams trial doesn't tarnish the Canadian military's reputation but you never really know how people are going to associate him,” Dave Scholz said.

“This is a very positive story for the military.”

The poll also found more than half of Canadians like the military, with 56% saying they have either a very good or good opinion, and 10% reporting a poor or very poor opinion. Almost a quarter of respondents – 24% – said they were neutral.

Men were more likely than women to have a good opinion, with 61% saying they like the military. Just over half of women agreed, with 51% answering positively.

The poll also shows the older you are, the more likely you are to approve of the Canadian Forces.

Quebecers were the least likely in the country to have a good opinion of the military, with 42% approving compared to 60% for the rest of Canada. About 17% of Quebecers were likely to have a bad opinion of the Armed Forces. The next lowest support was in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where 56% of people polled had a positive opinion of the military and 11% were negative.

Leger did the polling online from Nov. 1-4, 2010. The company polled 1,503 Canadians 18 or older. A telephone poll of this size would have a margin of error of /- 2.6%.

 

[mariomike]

"Prednisone connection in Russell Williams’ crimes?: At about the time his crime spree began, convicted serial killer Russell Williams was taking a cocktail of medications for chronic pain — including a drug that in some cases causes mind-altering side effects.":
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/890177--prednisone-connection-in-russell-williams-crimes?bn=1

Twinkie defence?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense

 

[OldSolduer]

I have a question:

Does anyone know if he suffered a TBI in his pre-adolescence?

 

[mariomike]

I have a question:

Does anyone know if he suffered a TBI in his pre-adolescence?

Interesting question:
http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/11/study-many-youth-offenders-have-history-of-traumatic-brain-injury/

"Traumatic brain injury has long been associated with adult prisoners: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that between 25% and 87% of men and women imprisoned for violent crimes have suffered a TBI prior to incarceration."

 

[OldSolduer]

Interesting question:
http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/11/study-many-youth-offenders-have-history-of-traumatic-brain-injury/

"Traumatic brain injury has long been associated with adult prisoners: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that between 25% and 87% of men and women imprisoned for violent crimes have suffered a TBI prior to incarceration."

I should have picked up on it earlier. I have an interest and that is criminal profiling, particularly serial offenders. It's been found that many serail offenders suffered TBI at some point.

 

[the 48th regulator]

I should have picked up on it earlier. I have an interest and that is criminal profiling, particularly serial offenders. It's been found that many serail offenders suffered TBI at some point.

Well if he never did before, may he experience one in the Joint!

dileas

tess

 

[gaspasser]

I suggest we lock this thread and allow the members to move on and the families, friends and those involved some closure. 

 

[mover1]

agreed with BTY Driver

 

[the 48th regulator]

Military burns Russell Williams' uniforms


Updated: Fri Nov. 19 2010 11:40:25 AM

CTV.ca News Staff

The Canadian Forces have retrieved and burned the uniforms that belonged to Russell Williams, the former colonel who was unmasked a sexual predator and murderer, the military confirmed Friday.

Cmdr. Hubert Genest told CTV.ca that Williams had several uniforms stored in his possession at the time of his arrest last February.

The military retrieved those uniforms from his former cottage in Tweed, Ont., on Wednesday and burned them Thursday morning at a military facility in Trenton, Ont.

"Yes the uniforms were burned," Genest confirmed in a telephone interview from Ottawa on Friday morning.

Genest said collecting the uniforms and other military-owned property of departing soldiers is part of the normal release procedures.

Generally speaking, if a uniform is in good condition when it is returned to the military, it may be used by other soldiers in future.

But because Williams wrote his names on all of his uniforms, the military made a decision that it was not appropriate to put them back into circulation "for obvious reasons," Genest said.

Genest said it was the only case he could recall in his 25-year career with the Canadian Forces where the military burned the returning uniforms.

Williams is currently serving a life sentence for the sexual assaults and murders of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd, both of Eastern Ontario.

He is also serving time in Kingston Penitentiary for the sexual assault of two other women from Eastern Ontario and for dozens of fetish break-ins he committed in the same region while serving in the Canadian Forces.

Severing ties

Two military police officers and two Canadian Forces members spent about 90 minutes at the house retrieving the military property on Wednesday, Genest said.

They also retrieved various manuals and documents that were at the former colonel's house. Genest said none of these materials were classified.

While the military has already revoked William's military commission, Genest said the Canadian Forces is "still in the process of finalizing his release."

The military intends to take back two medals that Williams had been awarded, as well as a commissioning scroll that marked his status as a commissioned officer. That is expected to happen in the near future, Genest said.

Genest said Williams must still undergo a medical exam that is required when a person leaves the military.

Arrangements will be made so that Williams can have the exam in prison.

© 2010 CTV All rights reserved

 

[Fishbone Jones]

And this should effectively end the circus.

News Release
November 24 2010


ACCESS TO RUSSELL WILLIAMS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

ORILLIA, ON, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Belleville Police Service, Ottawa Police Service and the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service announced today that out of respect for the victims, their families, friends and the communities, further access to members of the Russell WILLIAMS investigation team will not be provided to the media.

Rest of article here: - http://www.opp.ca/ecms/index.php?id=405&nid=461

 

[the 48th regulator]

And this should effectively end the circus.

News Release
November 24 2010


ACCESS TO RUSSELL WILLIAMS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

ORILLIA, ON, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Belleville Police Service, Ottawa Police Service and the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service announced today that out of respect for the victims, their families, friends and the communities, further access to members of the Russell WILLIAMS investigation team will not be provided to the media.

Rest of article here: - http://www.opp.ca/ecms/index.php?id=405&nid=461

Unfortunately, no it doesn't......


http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/896326--russell-williams-investigation-not-over-yet-police-say


Russell Williams investigation not over yet, police say

November 24, 2010

Maria Babbage

The criminal investigation of convicted sex killer Russell Williams is not over yet, as police sift through unsolved crimes in Canada and abroad to see if they’re linked to the former colonel, the lead detective in the case said Wednesday.

A team of detectives is still reviewing unsolved cases and working with police agencies in other countries to see if Williams, a former globetrotting military pilot, committed any other crimes.

“Our investigation never finished into Russell Williams, never finished once we got started,” said Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas of the Ontario Provincial Police.

“He’s obviously pleaded guilty to a number of offences, but we’re still looking into his past and his behaviour and offences, other offences, he may have committed.”

Nicholas wouldn’t comment on those investigations, but said police “from all over” have contacted them.

“Some of those are from outside of Canada, and we’re working with them to assist them in determining if Russell Williams has anything to do with their crimes,” he said.

“But then we’re also looking at possible offences that he may have committed here in Canada as well.”

Williams was convicted last month of first-degree murder in the brutal sex slayings of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 38, of Brighton, Ont., and Jessica Lloyd, 27, of Belleville, Ont.

Wednesday marked the first anniversary of Comeau’s murder.

Williams also pleaded guilty to 82 fetish break-and-enters and thefts and two sexual assaults.

The former commander of Canada’s largest military airbase was stripped of his rank after his conviction and is serving a life sentence in Kingston Penitentiary with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

Nicholas confirmed that a female police officer knocked on Lloyd’s door last January, before Williams raped, abducted and murdered the woman.

The officer noticed Williams’s SUV parked in a field nearby, and drove up to Lloyd’s home to investigate. When the officer knocked on the door, nobody answered.

Williams was apparently hiding in the backyard at the time, and broke into Lloyd’s home after the officer left. Lloyd was not home yet.

© Copyright Toronto Star 1996-2010


dileas

tess

 

[old medic]

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20101129/russell-williams-physical-exam-101129/

The Canadian Press
29 November 2010

TORONTO — The Canadian military is another step closer to washing its hands of convicted sex killer Russell Williams.

The former colonel, who is serving a life sentence for the brutal sex slayings of two women, went through a final medical exam last week.

A spokesman for the Canadian Forces says a military doctor visited Williams in prison Nov. 25 to perform the exam.

He says it's part of the usual routine for military personnel who are leaving the Forces.

Williams has already been stripped of his rank, but he won't officially be drummed out of the Canadian Forces until they retrieve his medals and commission scroll.

Once they have his two medals and scroll -- an official document that confirms Williams was a serving officer -- the military plans to destroy them.

The spokesman says they hope to have those items soon.

The military took the extraordinary step of burning Williams's uniform and clothing on Nov. 18 at CFB Trenton, the base he once commanded.

 

[krustyrl]

We're gettin' there...slowly but surely ...then he will be a "stain from the past".

 

[Gunner98]

His final physical exam results: degenerative arthritis, heartless, otherwise good health except for everything above the shoulders.

 

[The Bread Guy]

We're gettin' there...slowly but surely ...then he will be a "stain from the past".

The last step towards "past tense" status appears to have been taken - highlights mine:

The final steps to process the release of Mr. Russell Williams from the Canadian Forces have been completed, including the retrieval of his South-West Asia Service Medal with Afghanistan bar, Canadian Forces' Decoration with clasp, and his Commission Scroll.

Prior to these steps being taken, Russell Williams’ administrative release was approved and his Commission was revoked by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on October 22, 2010.

Additionally, on November 17, 2010, the Canadian Forces retrieved military clothing, equipment and publications that had been issued to him by the Canadian Forces.  The clothing was disposed of on November 18, 2010. 

 

[The Bread Guy]

As much as I don't like the rating, some of the discussion in the article is interesting:

.... Some may recoil at the thought of Williams as 2010's top newsmaker, but it's an "act of news judgment," not an award, said April Lindgren, a veteran reporter who now teaches journalism at Toronto's Ryerson University.

"People have to understand, he wasn't selected Newsmaker of the Year because he's a great guy," Lindgren said.

"He was selected Newsmaker of the Year because of the magnitude of his evil, and because of the news his deeds generated."

In the long history of The Canadian Press year-end survey, criminals rarely draw many votes from those who produce the country's newspapers, newscasts and news websites. Despite their notoriety, killers like Clifford Olson, Paul Bernardo and Robert Pickton were never selected.

"It is a dark choice, and maybe counterintuitive, but it is hard to deny the impact of the story on Canadians," said Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News.

"It made us all look at the world a little differently. And we reacted to it viscerally and emotionally."

The Williams case was a "glimpse into the horrendous darkness" that exists in humans, said Murray Langdon, news director at radio station CFAX in Victoria.

"The story revealed a stark contrast; a strong, charismatic and dependable leader, and twisted, depraved and sadistic hunter," Langdon wrote.

While there was little argument about the journalistic importance of the story, some voters admitted they couldn't bring themselves to cast a ballot for Williams.

"I just couldn't vote for Russell Williams — it would be like when Time (magazine) declared Hitler 'Man of The Year,'" said Murray Wood, news director of radio stations CJME in Regina and CKOM in Saskatoon.

Wood cast his vote for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, whose fight over the future of the province's potash industry pushed his Prairie brand of diplomacy onto the national stage.

Williams was picked by 29 per cent of the newsrooms in the Newsmaker survey. The Canadian with the second highest total — 15 per cent — was hockey superstar Sidney Crosby, whose overtime goal in the gold medal game at the Vancouver Olympics set off a wave of national delirium.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Newsmaker for 2008 and 2009, was next with nine per cent.

And for the first time, The Canadian Press conducted a parallel survey in conjunction with Yahoo! Canada to allow the public to make its own choices for Newsmaker of the Year.

The public results were the inverse of the top two newsroom choices: Yahoo! Canada readers picked Crosby as the top newsmaker with 21 per cent of the votes, with Williams tied for second with pop superstar Justin Bieber, both with 14 per cent. Bieber came in sixth in the newsroom survey ....

 

[kratz]

re: Ottawa Citizen

I've thought this before and I'll post it here. Most people want closure for the families affected by Williams, but I think it sad MSM is forcing his wife, to seek legal protection through her divorce and civil proceedings. IMO, she is not the story, Russell and his actions are.

'Vulnerable' state of Williams' wife should keep divorce files sealed: Lawyers
By Andrew Seymour, Postmedia News February 3, 2011


The wife of Russell Williams is in a "vulnerable emotional state" and needs to have all the details of her divorce case against the sex-killer sealed to protect her from deteriorating, say court documents filed Thursday by her legal team.

More of the report at link

 

[kratz]

On my way to work yesterday, the radio was announcing NBC's show Dateline will be airing this story. Baed on the video preview, much of the material has been covered in this discussion.

 

[kratz]

He's earning $60,000 per month year in pension, but can not be bothered to pay a court ordered $8000 victims surcharge, according the this news report.

Killer Williams owes thousands to victims funds: reports
  By SNEH DUGGAL, The Ottawa Citizen March 8, 2011

OTTAWA — Convicted murderer and rapist Russell Williams allegedly owes thousands of dollars in victim surcharges, according to media reports.

In addition to his prison sentences, the former CFB Trenton base commander was asked by a judge to pay about $8,000 into a victims fund, but has not yet done so, reports say.

“While I don’t know much about his personal financial situation, he would certainly be in a better position to pay a victim surcharge,” said Steve Sullivan, executive director of Ottawa Victim Services.

and

“If an offender is choosing not to pay when he can, it raises questions about how remorseful he is and how aware he is of the harm he has caused,” said Sullivan. “This is a guy who probably is never going to walk out of prison again, so he doesn’t have much to lose.”

 

[Gunner98]

Do they have ATMs in maximum security?  Would anyone accept a cheque or a wire transfer from him?  Slow news day!