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New Brunswick court expected to set date for new Oland murder trial

Dennis Oland heads from a bail hearing after being released from custody in Fredericton on Oct. 25, 2016. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

Lawyers for Dennis Oland are to appear in a New Brunswick court today for a hearing to set a date for a new second-degree murder trial.

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The date was supposed to be set last month, but Oland’s lawyers and the Crown said there were matters they needed to iron out.

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Oland is charged in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his multimillionaire father, Richard Oland.

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He was convicted in 2015, but was released on bail last October when the provincial appeal court ordered a new trial, citing an error in the judge’s instructions to the jury.

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In July, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application by the Crown to restore the conviction, and a cross-appeal seeking an acquittal.

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Judge Terrence Morrison of Fredericton is expected to hear the retrial sometime in 2018.

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