A St. Philip man accused of the murder of Canadian visitor Terry Schwarzfeld today pleaded guilty to five robbery charges which occurred at Long Beach, Christ Church last year.

Curtis Joel Foster, 24, of Wiltshire Avenue, Bayfield, who faced a total of eight charges including rape of a German visitor last July was sentenced to two years imprisonment to run concurrently on each robbery offence.

Foster appeared in the Oistins Magistrate Court before Magistrate Michelle Weekes accused of killing Schwarzfeld who was attacked and struck at the back of the head while walking along Long Beach with her daughter-in-law Luana Cotsman on February 28.

Schwarzfeld subsequently died four days later after she was airlifted to Canada in an unconscious state.

The murder accused was not required to plea to two other indictable offences: robbing Cotsman of over $1240 in cash and articles as well as raping a German visitor at the same beach on July 2.

Five visitors were also among the victims he admitted robbing at Long Beach.

December 11, robbing Annie Goris, a Belgian tourist of over $235 in cash and articles; November 12, robbing English visitor John Barnes of cash and articles valued at over $2159; November 6, robbing Claudine Sesions of cash and articles valued at $2319; April 8, robbing Shelly Legault and Kathy Foster of cash and articles valued at $240. (Source).

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Just two days after Terry Schwarzfeld’s funeral, Barbados authorities are reporting that a suspect is now in custody and will be charged in connection with her murder today. Starcom Network News reports:

Lawmen have made a significant breakthrough in their investigations into the attacks on two Canadian visitors on Long Beach, Christ Church. That incident has resulted in the death in Canada of one of the women – 60 year old, Terry Schwartsfeld. This morning, the Police Public Relations Officer, Station Sergeant Anthony Depeiza says they have a suspect in custody. This after police increased the reward for information to twenty thousand Barbados dollars last week.

Further media details indicate that the suspect is a 24 year old man. Apparently, the man was found with a camera, jewelry and an imitation firearm.

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1. RIP: Terry Schwarzfeld dies after Long Beach attack. Reward doubles to $20,000.
2. Learning from the Terry Schwarzfeld case
3. $10,000 bounty on the head of Terry Schwarzfeld’s attacker

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