N.L. premier wins partial publication ban on murder case information
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland judge has upheld a partial publication ban on details in a murder case involving the ex-boyfriend of Premier Dwight Ball’s daughter.
Ball went to court to keep information involving Jade Ball under wraps.
He argued her privacy and health interests trumped the media’s right to report certain specifics Dwight Ball shared with police during a week-long manhunt in October 2015 for the suspect in a fatal shooting. Ball was less than two months from the election that would make him premier when he told investigators the killer may be his daughter’s former boyfriend.
Chief Justice Raymond Whalen of the provincial Supreme Court ruled Monday the partial ban is a reasonable protection of privacy that does not overly restrict the media’s right to report.