Top Canadian commander pleads guilty to two murders

A COMMANDER who was a rising star in Canada’s military pleaded guilty yesterday to the murders of two women, the sexual assaults of two others and dozens of breaking and entering charges in which he stole panties from the bedrooms of girls as young as 11.

Col Russell Williams, who once flew prime ministers and served as a pilot to Queen Elizabeth II during a visit, was the commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base until he was charged earlier this year.

He pleaded guilty yesterday to two first-degree murder charges, two sexual assaults and 82 breaking and entering charges in a Belleville, Ontario, court.