There's always one...
...who ruins it for the rest:
In this country, you're innocent until proven guilty. And I sincerely hope this is all just a huge mistake. But if he's guilty, I hope the hammer comes down hard.
It's weird how some people can hide this sort of thing. When I was at RMC, we had a cadet a couple years ahead of me who never made it to graduation. He was considered a good guy by his buds, was manager of the basketball team, did OK at his classes, a lot of fun at a party. Everyone liked him. And then in his fourth year, as I recall, a woman in his squadron had a breakdown. She had her own set of problems, but it seems he'd been forcing himself on her for over a year, and nobody knew.
The military removed him from RMC and sent him up to CFB Kingston. Then, if memory serves, he was tried by the CF and sentenced to the maximum possible sentence at Club Ed (the CF prison in Edmonton). He was a couple of months away from graduation. No degree granted. No commission. A prison sentence and a dishonourable discharge.
The CF doesn't mess around with this stuff. When bad guys slip through the cracks, our military takes responsibility and deals with it.
Police said Monday that Colonel Russell Williams, 46, of Tweed, Ont., has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jessica Lloyd, of Belleville, Ont., who went missing Jan. 28.
As well, he faces a second count of first-degree murder in the death of Marie Comeau, a Corporal with 437 Squadron at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
Col. Williams, who is a commander at CFB Trenton, also faces two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of break and enter and sexual assault.
In this country, you're innocent until proven guilty. And I sincerely hope this is all just a huge mistake. But if he's guilty, I hope the hammer comes down hard.
It's weird how some people can hide this sort of thing. When I was at RMC, we had a cadet a couple years ahead of me who never made it to graduation. He was considered a good guy by his buds, was manager of the basketball team, did OK at his classes, a lot of fun at a party. Everyone liked him. And then in his fourth year, as I recall, a woman in his squadron had a breakdown. She had her own set of problems, but it seems he'd been forcing himself on her for over a year, and nobody knew.
The military removed him from RMC and sent him up to CFB Kingston. Then, if memory serves, he was tried by the CF and sentenced to the maximum possible sentence at Club Ed (the CF prison in Edmonton). He was a couple of months away from graduation. No degree granted. No commission. A prison sentence and a dishonourable discharge.
The CF doesn't mess around with this stuff. When bad guys slip through the cracks, our military takes responsibility and deals with it.
posted by Babbling Brooks at 6:00 p.m.
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