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Expert In Forensic Video Analysis Takes The Stand At Oland Murder Trial

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Oct, 2015 10:46 AM
    SAINT JOHN, N.B. — An expert in forensic video analysis has taken the stand as the Oland murder trial begins its seventh week in Saint John, N.B.
     
    Grant Fredericks was asked by the Crown to look at security video that shows Dennis Oland entering his office building on the morning of July 6, 2011, and compare it to pictures of a shirt and brown sports jacket seized from Oland.
     
    Fredericks of Spokane, Wash., said that while the shirt and jacket are similar, he can't say they are the same because of the low quality of the video.
     
    "Since no unique characteristics are visible in the video that could uniquely identify the question jacket, it is not possible to state it is the same jacket," he said.
     
    Dennis Oland has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his father, Richard Oland, whose body was found face down in a pool of blood in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011.
     
    The Crown stated earlier in the trial that there were four areas of blood on Oland's seized jacket that matched his father's DNA profile.
     
    Last week, the court was told that Dennis Oland became a suspect during an interview with police on the day his father's body was found.
     
    During his interview with police, Oland said he had been wearing a navy jacket on the day his father was killed, while witnesses and security video indicate he was wearing a brown jacket.
     
    Court has heard that Richard Oland was struck more than 40 times in the head and neck with a hammer-type instrument and a bladed weapon.
     
    Fredericks of Spokane, Wash., was only available today so the testimony of lead investigator Stephen Davidson is temporarily on hold.

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