Fog Blog Oland 'Not Guilty' Verdict Log:

THE JUDGE GAVE HIS VERDICT TODAY IN THE DENNIS OLAND JUDGE TRAIL ....TO A PACKED COURTROOM........'NOT GUILTY' !.......Dennis Oland has been found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his multi-millionaire father, Richard.Justice Terrence Morrison of the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench delivered his decision Friday to a packed courtroom in Saint John, N.B.Morrison said there were too many missing pieces of the puzzle to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. "More than suspicion is needed to convict a person of murder,"' Dennis Oland and his wife Lisa arrive at the Law Courts in Saint John, N.B., on July 19, 2019.

Dennis Oland, 51, a former financial adviser who was charged with second degree murder in 2013, hugged his defence team after the verdict was read.His reaction was in stark contrast to his response after his first trial in 2015 when a jury found him guilty of second degree murder. At that time, he collapsed in the courtroom and sobbed uncontrollably into the robes of one of his defence lawyers.That jury verdict was overturned on appeal and a second trial was held, this time before judge alone.