Fog Blog Dennis Oland Trial Log:

THE DENNIS OLAND TRIAL CONTINUES WITH THE JUDGE ONLY TRIAL. THE FOCUS WITH THE DEFENSE IS HOW BOTCHED THE CRIME SCENE WAS BY POLICE , CONTAMINATING MANY AREAS.......SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The battered body of multi-millionaire Richard Oland attracted unwanted attention from several Saint John police officers who visited the scene just to get a look, the Dennis Oland murder trial was told Friday."I sternly ordered them to get out of my crime scene," Sgt. Mark Smith said as he described finding two unauthorized officers near the body on the day it was discovered, July 7, 2011.Smith was the officer in charge of collecting forensic evidence at the grisly murder scene in the uptown Saint John offices of Richard Oland, the 69-year-old businessman and former Moosehead Breweries Ltd. executive who was beaten to death on July 6, 2011.