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Crown Chips Away at Defence

By 250 News

Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:11 PM

Prince George, B.C. -Crown Counsel continues to chip away at any possible defence Councillor Brian Skakun  could have for releasing confidential documents to the CBC.

Under cross examination this morning, Skakun  said he could not recall exactly when he delivered the  confidential Kitty Heller report to the CBC, but says it wasn't the day before it showed up on the CBC's website.

He says  he doesn't remember who he gave the documents to, that  "It could have been a summer  student,  it could have been  one of the guys" at the station.  although he has yet to  explain why he wold give a summer student documents he previously  testified he wanted the CBC to  "investigate".

The timing  is important.  The  statute of limitations for a case under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy act is  1 year.  The information sworn against Skakun  was done  on August 14th of 2009. The  Heller report appeared on the CBC website on August 19th, 2008.

Crown suggests that Skakun took the documents to  the CBC after  it was revealed that  the RCMP had handed out discipline to Superintendent Dahl Chambers.   Opinion 250 broke the story about Chambers discipline on August 14th, 2008.


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Comments

Comment Posted by: He spoke on March 17 2011 1:51 PM
hmmm, your version of political Justice?
Comment Posted by: He spoke on March 17 2011 1:52 PM
or Poetic Justice
Comment Posted by: PrinceGeorge on March 17 2011 2:29 PM
Give him the boot? Hmmm, he was the only one I was going to vote for at the next election! Now what?
Comment Posted by: Surefire on March 17 2011 3:36 PM
It is too bad that Brain is such an honest to goodness hard working councilor because there are people like boon who would make light of the fact that Mr. Skakun put it all on the line so that the Prince George constitruents recieve justice when none would be available otherwise.
Comment Posted by: Surefire on March 17 2011 3:47 PM
It's such a waste of Mr. Skakuns' effort to ensure justice is realised by the constituents of Prince George.