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CANADIAN OFFICER EXPOSED AS SERIAL KILLER
Victims begged for mercy


THE commander of Canada's largest air force base stalked, repeatedly raped and killed two women as they pleaded for their lives, prosecutors said on Tuesday at the colonel's sentencing hearing.

Colonel Russell Williams, who once flew prime ministers and served as a pilot to Queen Elizabeth II during a 2005 visit, pleaded guilty on Monday to two first-degree murder charges, two sexual assaults and 82 breaking-and-entering charges during which he stole lingerie belonging to teen girls and young women.

The 47-year-old faces an automatic sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for at least 25 years. Lawyers have used the sentencing hearing to reveal details of the crimes. Prosecutors warned the court that details of the killings were horrific before explaining how Williams bound, beat, raped, photographed, videotaped and asphyxiated Marie Comeau, a 37-year-old corporal, and Jessica Lloyd, 27.

Comeau made one final plea for her life before Williams suffocated her, said prosecutor David Thompson. 'Have a heart, please,' Mr Thompson said Comeau begged. 'I've been really good. I want to live.' Mr Thompson told the court that Williams met Comeau while she was working as a flight attendant on a military flight and discovered she lived alone.

As a colonel, Williams had access to her work schedule and broke into her home Nov 16 while she was away to confirm she lived alone. He repeated the same pattern the court learned he undertook during dozens of other break-ins, stealing her lingerie and photographing the bedroom and images of himself modeling the undergarments with his erect genitalia protruding.