Col. Williams is ‘evil, pure evil,’ victim’s brother tells court

BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Col. Russell Williams is being described as “evil, pure evil.”

Those words are from Andy Lloyd, whose sister Jessica was brutally raped and murdered by Williams.

In delivering his victim impact statement to a Belleville, Ont., courtroom, Lloyd said his father — who spent 25 years in the navy — would have been “mortified” to learn that his daughter’s killer was a military commander.

Lloyd’s father died of cancer when she was 14, some 13 years before Williams took the woman captive, raped her repeatedly, and murdered her earlier this year.

The whole family side of courtroom broke out in applause after Andy Lloyd left witness stand.

Williams has been convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Lloyd, 27, and Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, and dozens of other charges, including sexual assaults.

Police formed a human barrier between Williams and Lloyd’s loved ones as they came forward to deliver victim impact statements.

Many refused to take the chair provided for them, instead standing and facing Williams directly.

Two even challenged Williams to lift his bowed head and look at them — which he did, eliciting a gasp from those in court.

One woman, Lisa, who described herself as Lloyd’s best friend, said Williams’ monstrous acts caused her to question her faith in the military and God.

“I hope he rots,” said another friend of Lloyd’s.

In a handwritten letter penned just after confessing his heinous crimes to police, Williams apologized to Lloyd’s mother.

Williams wrote that the young woman loved her mother very much, adding he knows because she “told me so again and again.”

The former air base commander adds that Lloyd did not suspect she was going to be killed because “she believed she was going home.”

The letter was released Wednesday after a video of Williams’ confession to police was shown in court.

In a letter written to his wife Williams apologizes for “having hurt you like this,” and adds, “I know you’ll take care of sweet Rosie. I love you, Russ.”

Rosie was the couple’s cat.

During the Feb. 7 confession Williams told police that while he did ask himself why he raped and killed women he could never come up with an answer and he was “pretty sure the answers don’t matter.”

Williams told police he’d thought about his crimes, but didn’t have any answers as to why he committed them.

When asked how he feels about what he’s done, Williams tells his interrogator “disappointed.”

Confronted with evidence linking him to the gruesome sexual assaults and murders, Williams turned from a gum-chewing, grinning murder suspect to a teary-eyed man desperate to protect his wife’s home from a destructive police search.

Williams stressed to police how attached his wife is to their new Ottawa home, seemingly concerned about how police might tear it up in search of evidence.

Earlier in the video Williams appeared “calm and cool” — until he was told his footprints and tire tracks were found at the home of one of his murder victims.

Outside court, Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas characterized the interrogation as one of the best interviews he has ever seen.

“It’s a smart man, outsmarted by a smarter man,” he said.

The video will be released to the media, meaning the public can expect to view portions of it on websites and television stations.