Oland has pre-trial conference ahead of second murder trial in death of father

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The case against Dennis Oland has been put over until next week for more pre-trial conferences ahead of his retrial for the murder of his father.

Oland was charged with second-degree murder in the 2011 death of Richard Oland and is due to face another trial in October.

Oland was in court Tuesday when lawyers met for a short time and put off the next hearing to Monday in Saint John, N.B. 

He was found guilty in 2015 of his father’s murder, but the province’s appeal court overturned the conviction in October 2016 and ordered a new trial.