|
Alleged Schwarzfeld murderer guilty of robberies |
|
|
|
|
Written by the Jewish Tribune staff
|
|
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
OTTAWA (JTA) – A Barbados man charged with murdering the president of Hadassah-WIZO in Canada has pleaded guilty to robbing five tourists.
Curtis Joel Foster must still appear in court to face murder charges in the death of Terry Schwarzfeld, the Hadassah official, during a February vacation in the Caribbean nation. Schwarzfeld, 60, and her daughter-in-law were attacked while they walked on an isolated stretch of beach. The assailant knocked both women unconscious with a piece of wood. Schwarzfeld never regained consciousness and was airlifted to a hospital in Ottawa, where she died March 18. Foster, 24, was sentenced last Thursday to two years in jail after he admitted robbing tourists, including a pair from Canada in August. He has also been charged in the July 2008 rape of a German tourist.
The assistant superintendent of the Royal Barbados Police Force was slated to arrive in Ottawa and will meet with Schwarzfeld’s family so they can identify items belonging to her recovered from Foster when he was arrested. More than 800 people attended Schwarzfeld’s funeral on March 20.
Hadassah-WIZO has honoured their slain president by naming the Terry Schwarzfeld Ottawa Daycare Centre in Acco, Israel, in her memory. |
|
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 April 2009 )
|
