The second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland hearing the lead investigator in the Richard Oland case did not report a conversation he had with a retired officer where that officer made an allegation against the now-deputy chief of the Saint John police force, to his superiors.
Under cross-examination by defence laywer Gary Miller, constable Stephen Davidson of the Saint John police saying that retired staff sergeant Michael King told him that current deputy chief Glen McCloskey tried to get King to lie about McCloskey’s presence at the crime scene – Richard Oland’s investment firm on Canterbury Street in uptown Saint John where his body was discovered face down in a pool of blood on July 7, 2011. Davidson testifying that King was telling the Crown so he had every belief that it was going to be known.
McCloskey has testified at the trial that he made no suggestion to anyone, including King, involving changing their testimony as it relates to his attendance at the scene. McCloskey has also said that in his mind’s King’s retirement was not amicable, contrary to what King said in his testimony.
Former Fredericton police chief Barrie MacKnight is going to be investigating the allegation however the investigation won’t begin until the Dennis Oland trial is finished.
This is day 24 of the murder trial of Dennis Oland, who is accused of killing his father Richard Oland. 65 days have been set aside for this trial at the Saint John Law Courts.
The trial continues on Monday morning at 9:30.
CHSJ News reporter Laura Lyall is covering the trial and is live-tweeting from the courtroom. You can follow along by going to her Twitter page, the CHSJ News Twitter page or the Wave News Twitter page.
