SAINT JOHN, N.B. – An RCMP blood stain analysis specialist was grilled by the defense today at the beginning of the sixth week of the Dennis Oland murder trial in Saint John.
Oland is accused in the vicious July 2011 slaying of his well known businessman father Richard Oland.
After undergoing parts of two days under direct examination, RCMP Sergeant Brian Wentzell was back on the stand.
Defense lawyer Alan Gold spent the first part of the day going over the blood spatter at the crime scene. Gold compared photos taken by Wentzell with defence estimates of spatter numbers which he did not dispute.
Gold suggested whoever committed this crime would have dozens and dozens of spatter stains. Wentzell says there could be but couldn’t say there would be a large amount of spatter.
Gold later brought up information contained in a search warrant request that included Wentzell’s name, and said that whoever committed the crime would have significant blood stains on their person.
Wentzell says it’s possible he said it but didn’t recall the conversation.
The trial also saw a number of exhibits re-displayed, including pictures of Dennis Oland’s car which was seized. Gold pointed out the car contained no evidence of Richard Oland’s blood or DNA.
“The killer would have a better chance of winning the New Brunswick lottery than not leaving trace in that car, is that fair?” Gold asked.
Gold pointed out Wentzell was smiling.
Wentzell said he didn’t know about the New Brunswick lottery.
For a second straight day at the trial the brown sports jacket was brought into play. Gold pointed out the size of the stains with Wentzell admitting they were very small varying from three millimetres or less to less than a millimetre. Wentzell admitted even he didn’t spot one of the stains examined.
Gold says of the four places on the jacket where there was blood, none were typed so no one can say if it belonged to Richard or Dennis Oland, and the stains could have been there a very long time.
Wentzell agreed they could have been.
The trial continues Tuesday.
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