MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS

There will be another adjournment in the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland because of unexpected legal issues, this time for two weeks. Oland, 50, was in New Brunswick Court of Queens Bench in Saint John on Wednesday along with lawyers and onlookers. The full jury panel of 16 members also was present. Oland’s trial for the 2011 bludgeoning death of his 69-year-old father, multimillionaire Richard Oland, was supposed to begin on Tuesday. Oland was charged with seconddegree murder in 2013. He stood trial in 2015 but the jury verdict in that case was set aside on appeal in 2016 and a new trial ordered. Justice Terrence Morrison Morrison has given no hint as to what the issue is delaying the second trial. Oland has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail.