A Criminal defence lawyer is worried police leaks and media coverage of the arrest of Russell Williams on murder charges could rule out a fair jury trial.
The past president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa, Mark Ertel, says the publication of apparent details of a lengthy interview and statement the former commander of C-F-B Trenton allegedly gave police before they laid the charges could make prosecution, even through a trial by judge alone, more difficult..
He says he belives the public regularly convicts people, but this one is really over the top, and he claims journalists and everyone he knows have all convicted him. Williams is charged with murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others.
