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Williams keeping rank and pay

Accused colonel appears in court for 50 seconds

by macleans.ca on Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:03pm - 4 Comments

Colonel Russell Williams, the former commander of CFB Trenton accused of murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others, will keep his military rank and continue to collect pay until a verdict is determined in his case. Lieutenant Colonel Tony O’Keefe, a close friend of the accused murderer and the man overseeing his case for the military, spoke after Williams briefly appeared in a Belville Ontario Court of Justice by video, saying he would personally deliver the news to the colonel at the Quinte Detention Centre. Unshaven and dressed in an orange jumpsuit, Williams spoke his name when asked and said thank you after as his legal representative asked that his next court appearance be on March 25. Williams will be represented by Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Michael Edelson, who is known for representing high-profile clients such as Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien and Nova Scotia Bishop Raymond Lahey.

CBC

Tags: Canada

http://intensedebate.com/people/ifitaintbroke ifitaintbroke

This shouldn't come as a shock…He is entitled to due process-"Innocent until PROVEN guilty"

true north

How about L.W.O.P. (leave with out pay ) until a verdict is Given…if Joe citizen was awaiting trial i dont think there employer would be giving him full pay …………..

http://intensedebate.com/people/Gaunilon Gaunilon

If that were the policy then any citizen could be bankrupted by leveling accusations at them.

If this man is convicted then he should be stripped of his rank and pay. Not before.

true north

Good point, but i just can`t see the average employer in the private sector continuing to pay a person while he sits in a remand center awaiting trial,, Could that be a Govt. policy for its staff maybe?? got my curiousity going now…..Anybody Know???