New Brunswick court to consider bail for Dennis Oland after new trial ordered

By The Canadian Press

FREDERICTON – Dennis Oland could be released from custody Tuesday, 10 months after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of his multimillionaire father, Richard.

His lawyers are applying for bail, a day after New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal quashed that conviction and ordered a new trial.

The appeal court rejected Oland’s claim that the verdict was unreasonable, but found that the trial judge did not properly instruct the jury on evidence around the jacket Oland was wearing the day of the murder.

Oland told police he was wearing a navy blazer, but later admitted he was wearing a brown Hugo Boss jacket.

The Crown portrayed the statement as an intentional lie, while the defence and Oland himself said it was an honest mistake.

The brown jacket was later found to have minuscule blood stains and DNA matching the profile of Oland’s 69-year-old father.

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