Canada - Richard Oland, 69, brutally murdered, St John, NB, 7 July 2011

[Sillybilly]

Dennis Oland ordered to stand trial for 2nd-degree murder

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...o-stand-trial-for-2nd-degree-murder-1.2870638

 

[newone]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...o-stand-trial-for-2nd-degree-murder-1.2870638

from your link:

"He spent six nights in jail before being released on a $50,000 surety and several conditions, including that he surrender his passport, and advise police of any change of address or any travel outside New Brunswick.""

There are six key points that indicate this needs to go to trial.

All of his family are certain he will be found not guilty.

 

[Snoopster]

from your link:

"He spent six nights in jail before being released on a $50,000 surety and several conditions, including that he surrender his passport, and advise police of any change of address or any travel outside New Brunswick.""

There are six key points that indicate this needs to go to trial.

All of his family are certain he will be found not guilty.

It seems that absolutely everyone in the family, including the victim's brother, is rallying around him.

I hope for their sake that he didn't do it. If he did, they will all be traumatized. If he didn't, then LE has lost time looking for the murderer.

 

[newone]

It seems that absolutely everyone in the family, including the victim's brother, is rallying around him.

I hope for their sake that he didn't do it. If he did, they will all be traumatized. If he didn't, then LE has lost time looking for the murderer.

He is out on bail too awaiting trial. Not too much hardship for him or his family at this point.

 

[Snoopster]

He is out on bail too awaiting trial. Not too much hardship for him or his family at this point.

Special treatment? How often are people charged with second degree murder allowed to remain out on bail? I presume it is because they don't think he is a threat to others and they must not think he is a flight risk.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ble-with-oland-murder-investigation-1.3042313

Saint John police Chief Bill Reid says he is very comfortable with the work his officers have done on the Richard Oland murder case. Reid made the comments during an interview with CBC News on Tuesday, his last full day of work before he retires from the force...

Richard Oland, 69, was found dead in his investment firm office, Far End Corp., on July 7, 2011. Dennis Oland, his only son, was arrested more than two years later, on Nov. 12, 2013, and charged the following day.

His trial is scheduled to begin in mid-September and last 65 days.

 

[newone]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ble-with-oland-murder-investigation-1.3042313

thanks for the update....funny enough I was just thinking of this case....the accused has a tremendous amount of family support and am looking forward to this trial - of course there will most likely be a publication ban given the ''privilege'' and status of the family in addition to the usual privileges of the accused to request a ban...

 

[Unscripted]

Dennis Oland murder trial jury summonses being mailed to 3,000

(CBC News Posted June 16, 2015)


"Several of the people summonsed as potential jurors have been showing up at the Saint John Law Courts building in recent days, hoping to be excused. In fact, so many people have been showing up that the sheriffs have set up a special table at the courthouse entrance, where they can take the potential jurors aside to explain their security procedures and answer questions."


More here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ury-summonses-being-mailed-to-3-000-1.3100398

 

[Snoopster]

Denis Oland's trial started today.


http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-trial-of-dennis-oland-accused-of-murdering-millionaire-father-reveals-dysfunctional-family

And the post-dated interest cheques he delivered in bunches to his father had run out, and he’d made neither the May nor June payments.

 

[Unscripted]

LIVE BLOG: Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial coverage: Sept 17:


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-trial-coverage-live-blog-1.3231697

(40 blows to the head. Judge tells jurors to steel themselves before photos shown to them.)

Live tweeting from CBC's Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon at link. @BJMCBC

 

[Unscripted]

CBC live twitter blog for Friday, September 18th:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-trial-coverage-sept-18-1.3233408

 

[Snoopster]

Richard Oland had a good relationship with his son, the businessman’s secretary told Dennis Oland’s murder trial Friday, and she never heard him complain about the money his son owed.

Under cross-examination, Maureen Adamson told the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saint John, N.B., that Richard Oland was happy to see his son the last time she saw him alive on July 6, 2011.

Miller also suggested in his cross-examination of Adamson that the $500,000 payment to Oland was an advance on his inheritance and not a loan, as the Crown has described it.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/richard-olands-secretary-faces-cross-examination-at-murder-trial/article26431728/

 

[Snoopster]

CBC live twitter blog for Friday, September 18th:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-trial-coverage-sept-18-1.3233408

Based on reading the CBC live tweets, I have to say that Maureen Adamson strikes me as a straight up person, just telling things as they were. She doesn't come across as protective of either Richard or Dennis.

And, I did chuckle at her husband's comments:

Did he normally park in a nearby loading zone, asks McConnell. "Guilty!" says Adamson. The court erupts in laughter.

 

[redheart]

So it looks like the court didn't sit Tuesday or Wednesday, but was back yesterday:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...a-year-to-take-his-statement/article26531761/

 

[redheart]

Monday's testimony:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-trial-computer-forensics-1.3246611

All human activity on Richard Oland's office computers stopped just minutes after his son stopped by to visit him, an expert in the forensic analysis of computers and other electronic devices testified on Monday.

The last human activity on most of the other computers, including three monitors that were displaying a stock charting program called eSignal, was at 5:39 p.m., said Hakimian.

Richard Oland's secretary previously testified that Dennis Oland came to the office around 5:30 p.m. and she left for the day a few minutes later, leaving the father and son alone together.

The defense countered with:

But defence lawyer Alan Gold forced Hakimian to acknowledge that some activity, such as reading some websites and closing some browsers, don't leave forensic traces, meaning Richard Oland could have been on his computer after his son left, with no way for police to know.

 

[redheart]

From Tuesday, September 9th court proceedings:

Another RCMP technological crime forensic analyst, Payman Hakimian, who is based in Fredericton, testified about his examination of three computers seized from Dennis Oland's home.

Hakimian said he was asked by the Saint John Police Force to look at emails, web history, last usage and personal files, including pictures, but not music.

He started his analysis on Nov. 9, 2012 — about 16 months after Richard Oland's death. He said he put all of the extracted data onto a DVD, which he handed over to Const. Ray Coleman, of the SJPF, who was working in his tech crime unit.

Gold described it as being "a lot of ore" for the Saint John police to "mine."

Hakimian said Coleman prepared the final report, but it was done under his supervision and he supports the findings "100 per cent." No details about that report were revealed in court on Tuesday.

No court until Thursday now:

The trial was scheduled to resume on Wednesday morning, but Justice John Walsh told the jury an "unexpected issue" had arisen and court would not sit again until Thursday at 9:30 a.m.

 

[redheart]

Yikes. The above post should say "Tuesday, September 29th". ^^^^^

 

[redheart]

Article about testimony from Thursday, October 1st:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-murder-trial-davidson-1.3251971

The head of the Saint John Police Force's forensic unit testified Thursday at Dennis Oland's murder trial about the difficulties he faced in trying to preserve the bloody crime scene, which several people entered, including a couple of civilians, fellow officers, paramedics and funeral home employees.

Lead Crown prosecutor P.J. Veniot plans to recall Davidson later in the trial to ask him about taking a statement from Dennis Oland.

The defence has chosen to wait until the end of Davidson's testimony to cross-examine him.

The trial resumes on Friday morning when Sgt. Mark Smith is expected to continue his testimony

 

[redheart]

Tweets from Friday, October 2nd court proceedings:
https://twitter.com/cbcjones
https://twitter.com/BJMCBC

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Day 10 of Dennis Oland's 2nd-degree murder trial starting in a few minutes in SJ. @cbcjones and I will be live tweeting from court #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
What happens in absence of jury can't be reported. Crown recalling Sgt. Mark Smith, of SJ Police Force's forensic identification unit #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Lead Crown P.J. Veniot taking Smith back to July 7, 2011, after he returned to Richard Oland's office from morgue. Arrived at 3:40 pm #Nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Smith - who has already displayed an impressive memory - says he notices the door to the back alley is now open. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
He says canine officer was out there doing search of the back alley area. Smith previously testified the door was deadbolted earlier #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
He hadn't opened it because he wanted to swab the deadbolt and check for fingerprints. But fact it was now open negated that #nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
The defence says the back door to the alley a likely escape route for killer - but evidence is it was casually dealt with by police. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
re. fingerprints - looking for "any items that may have been touched or handled by a possible suspect." Nothing usable, he says #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Computer equipment etc. frequently handled in office. "There was a plethora of fingerprints on top of each other" #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Jury looking through series of photos of blood spatter stains that Smith methodically documented. He said Thursday there were "hundreds" #nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Smith and crown prosecutor especially interested in "transfer stain" that Smith finds about "9 feet" from main blood pool. #nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Smith says on July 8th he attends a morning meeting with the investigation team and then heads to the hospital for Oland autopsy. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Autopsy is performed at SJ Reg'l Hospital. But Smith and Const. Dave MacDonald examine the body 1st, treating it as part of crime scene #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
There were small hairs in between Richard Oland's fingers, says Smith. They were also collected and catalogued. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
"Moderate to severe" injuries to Oland's hands - mostly on backs of them and around wrists, says Smith. Clothing then removed. #Nb

 

[redheart]

Tweets from Friday, October 2nd court proceedings:
https://twitter.com/cbcjones
https://twitter.com/BJMCBC

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Smith says many exhibits sent to Halifax RCMP for analysis and some sent to Ottawa. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Smith says RCMP lab could not handle as many exhibits as he wanted to send with an expedited 25-day turnaround. Only 5 sent #Nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Veniot says on TV shows like CSI police get results back within hours. "Does that ever happen?" asks Veniot. "Never," says Smith. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Blood sample was sent to RCMP lab on July 21, 2011. Was returned on July 30, 2012 - a year later, says Smith. Placed in forensics locker #nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Jury about to be shown autopsy photos. J. Walsh warns that pictures are difficult and tells members to ask for a break if they need one. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Dennis does not look at the photos. He's leaning forward, elbows on knees. #Nb

Robert Jones
@cbcjones
Smith talking about day 3 of investigation. He processes Richard Oland's BMW and, of course, recites the licence plate # from memory. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Smith spent about an hour checking the car. "Noted nothing unusual." "The vehicle was very neat and in order." Seized an iPod. #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Smith headed back to Oland's office where major crime officers conduct search for documents related to offence/will/electronic devices #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Smith did a "presumptive" hemastix blood test of paper towel found in washroom outside Oland's office. Tested positive, he says #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Just a presumptive test. Not saying blood IS there, just POSSIBLY presence of blood, he says. Seized paper towel, garbage bag&contents #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Lead Crown P.J. Veniot says he still has quite a few questions to get through. Suggests court break for the day, continue Monday #nb

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
@BJMCBC
Defence also still has to cross-examine Smith. Judge agrees to adjourn for the day. Reminds jurors to avoid media reports #nb