A New Brunswick judge acquitted an RCMP officer on Monday of an aggravated assault charge he faced after his arrest of a woman near Woodstock in June 2024.
Justice Christa Bourque finds Cpl. Andrew Whiteway did not use excessive force during arrest
Aidan Cox · CBC News
· Posted: May 01, 2026 12:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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RCMP Cpl. Andrew Whiteway punched and kneed the woman he was arresting, but the force wasn’t excessive in the circumstances, the court found Friday. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
A New Brunswick judge acquitted an RCMP officer of an aggravated assault charge he faced after his arrest of a woman near Woodstock in June 2024.
Court of King’s Bench Justice Christa Bourque said she accepted testimony that Cpl. Andrew Whiteway punched and kneed Christina Gillis while she lay on the ground resisting his efforts to arrest her outside her home in Richmond Corner.
But considering evidence that Gillis was interfering with police and being combative once put under arrest, Bourque said she found the force Whiteway used was not excessive.
“It’s been a long time,” said Whiteway,
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