Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial: Oct. 28
CBC News | Posted: October 28, 2015 12:28 PM | Last Updated: October 28, 2015
Gary Miller challenged Const. Stephen Davidson over actions at crime scene, work on case Tuesday
The second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland continues Wednesday morning in Saint John.
Const. Stephen Davidson previously testified that he had checked the back door at Richard Oland's Saint John office on July 7, 2011 — the morning the prominent businessman's bludgeoned body was discovered
During cross-examination, defence lawyer Gary Miller told the second-degree murder trial there's no official record to confirm Davidson's account, and even suggested the officer had made the story up.
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Miller also suggested to the jury Tuesday that a series of security videos taken on July 6, 2011, corroborate what Dennis Oland told police about his actions that night.
The judge formally instructed the jurors Tuesday that it's up to them to decide what person, place or thing is, or is not portrayed in the videos and how much weight to give the videos in their deliberations.