2 inmates accused of assaulting Dennis Oland plead not guilty
CBC News | Posted: June 22, 2017 3:21 PM | Last Updated: June 22, 2017
Cody Alexander Muise, 27, and Aaron Marriott, 26, are charged with assaulting Oland in prison last July
Two prisoners charged with assaulting Dennis Oland last summer at the Renous prison pleaded not guilty Thursday in Miramichi provincial court.
Cody Alexander Muise, 27, and Aaron Marriott, 26, are accused of assaulting Oland at the Atlantic Institution in Renous on July 31.
At the time, Oland was serving a life sentence in the 2011 murder of his father, Saint John multimillionaire Richard Oland. He was later released from prison, after the New Brunswick Court of Appeal quashed the verdict and ordered a new trial.
No details about the alleged prison assault were released.
On Thursday, Marriott and Muise both elected trial by provincial court judge.
The case has been adjourned several times after the prisoners' lawyers asked for more time.
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During the pair's last court appearance, on May 25, Marriot's lawyer said his client had received a copy of his file and a DVD but was unable to view the DVD. He wanted more time to allow his client to watch the DVD.
Muise's lawyer also wanted to make arrangements to see the DVD.
Muise is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in a 2010 shooting death in Spryfield, N.S.
Marriott is serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder in connection with a shooting outside the IWK children's hospital in Halifax in 2008.
On Thursday, Judge Denis Lordon set a trial date for both men for Sept. 26 at 9:30 a.m.