N.L. premier wins injunction preventing reporting on documents in murder case
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier has won an interim injunction blocking media from reporting on court documents in a St. John’s murder trial.
The documents relate to the trial of Brandon Phillips in the death of 63-year-old Lawrence Wellman following a botched hotel robbery in October, 2015.
Premier Dwight Ball’s daughter, Jade Ball, was dating Phillips at the time.
Ball won an interim injunction this week in the province’s Supreme Court preventing media outlets from publishing a story about the documents, pending a Dec. 19 hearing.