Dennis Oland’s finances once again the focus at his second-degree murder trial with senior forensic accountant Eric Johnson back on the witness stand being cross-examined by the defence.
Defence lawyer Alan Gold showing the jury on July 6, 2010 Dennis Oland was overdrawn on his $35,000 line of credit and his Visa account had an approximately $23,000 on it which was over the $20,000 limit. On Friday, the jury heard that exactly one year later, which was the day before Richard Oland’s body was discovered in his investment firm office, his finances appeared to be in worse shape – Dennis was overdrawn on his $163,000 line of credit and his Visa had a $32,000 balance on it.
The trial hearing that in February of 2010 a timeshare was put on the credit card.
Johnson agreeing with defence lawyer Alan Gold that he saw no evidence that Dennis Oland had ever been refused an increase in his line of credit.
The trial continues on Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the Saint John Law Courts with a new witness.
CHSJ News reporter Laura Lyall is covering the Dennis Oland trial and is live-tweeting the proceedings from the courtroom. You can follow along on the CHSJ News Twitter page or the Wave News Twitter page.
