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Cpl. Andrew Whiteway gave his own account Thursday about what happened during an incident that resulted in his being charged with aggravated assault against a woman he arrested.

Cpl. Andrew Whiteway says he punched Christina Gillis twice after she punched him during arrest

Aidan Cox · CBC News

· Posted: Jan 15, 2026 6:01 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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Andrew Whiteway walks away from the Carleton County Courthouse wearing a blue suit.CMP Cpl. Andrew Whiteway is accused of committing aggravated assault on a woman he was trying to arrest outside her home near Woodstock. (Aidan Cox/CBC)

A New Brunswick Mountie testified he punched a woman in the face twice, but only because she had punched him while he tried to arrest her.

RCMP Cpl. Andrew Whiteway took to the witness box Thursday to testify in the New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench as part of his trial for aggravated assault.

“So when I have a hold of her with my left hand, and I go to grab my handcuffs … Ms. Gillis uses her right arm and struck me once with a closed fist somewhere in my lower mouth, lip area,” Whiteway told the court in Woodstock.

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