Disgraced CFB commander gets two life sentences

Disgraced Colonel Russell Williams, former commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years today by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert F. Scott in Belleville.

The former commander plead guilty to two counts of first degree murder Monday in relation to the deaths of Corporal Marie-France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd.

“I’ve committed despicable crimes, your Honour, in the process betraying my friends and family. . . and the Canadian Forces,” Williams told the court before sentencing.

Williams also faced 86 other charges, including two sexual assaults, for which he was sentenced to 10 years each.

"The depths of depravity demonstrated by Russell Williams have no equal," said Scott before delivering his sentence.

Meanwhile, Lt.-Gen. Andre Deschamps, chief of air staff announced at CFB Trenton that Williams stripped of his rank, kicked out of the military, and forced to re-pay the salary he collected since his arrest.

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