Oland appeal: Key evidence that was presented at his murder trial

FREDERICTON — The appeal of Dennis Oland’s second-degree murder conviction begins Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Fredericton. Here are some of the key pieces of evidence that were presented at trial — and one that wasn’t:

BROWN SPORTS JACKET: The jury heard that a brown Hugo Boss jacket seized from Dennis Oland’s home tested positive for minuscule blood and DNA samples that matched the profile of his father Richard. A blood spatter expert testified the killer would have had a significant amount of blood on his or her hands and clothes.

DNA AND BLOOD: While DNA samples on Oland’s jacket matched the profile of his father Richard, no witnesses could say how it got on the jacket, or how long it had been there. No blood or DNA from the crime scene was found in Dennis Oland’s car or on his other clothing or cell phone.  

CELL PHONE RECORDS: The records showed that Richard Oland’s missing iPhone received a text message from his mistress, Diana Sedlacek, at 6:44 p.m. on the evening that he was killed, and it connected with a cell tower east of Saint John.