CRIMINAL CODE VS SCHOOLS ACT

An interesting stand-off is developing between the RCMP and the Nova Central School District in Central Newfoundland.

The RCMP were granted a provincial court order to obtain the school records of a man who has been charged with second degree murder. The School Board has refused to comply and has gone to court to block the RCMP from obtaining the confidential records.

The board is arguing that the Provincial Schools Act says anyone over 18 has to give the board permission to release their confidential student records and the murder suspect has not provided that permission.

Jonathan Whiteway, 21, was charged with first-degree murder in March after his stepmother, Dianne Whiteway, 46, was shot and killed in their home in Lewisporte. Whiteway is scheduled to make a court appearance in Gander on June 3.