Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial: Nov. 19
CBC News | Posted: November 19, 2015 1:24 PM | Last Updated: November 19, 2015
Jury heard Wednesday there was a 'minimal' chance Richard Oland's missing cell was in Saint John
An expert in cellphone networks will be cross-examined by defence lawyers on Thursday at the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland.
Joseph Sadoun, the director of engineering for the wireless division of Yves R. Hamel and Associates in Montreal, testified at the Oland trial on Wednesday.
Sadoun also helps design cellphone networks and was declared an expert by the court in how cellphone networks operate.
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The court heard on Tuesday that the final communication received by Richard Oland's cellphone was text message from his mistress, Diana Sedlacek, on July 6, 2011, at 6:44 p.m.
It was transmitted by a cell tower in Rothesay, which is about a 20-minute drive away from his Saint John office.
Dennis Oland said he drove home to Rothesay the evening his father died, stopping briefly at Renforth Wharf on his way to see if his children were there swimming.
The wharf is located near the Rothesay tower his father's cellphone pinged off.
Crown prosecutor Derek Weaver asked Sadoun what the chances were that a phone located in the city's uptown would communicate with a tower in Rothesay.
"Minimal," replied Sadoun.