‘Very happy’ Oland in Ottawa as top court hears groundbreaking bail appeal
FREDERICTON — A “very very happy” Dennis Oland has been spending quiet time with his family since his murder conviction was overturned last week, but he will make a return to the courtroom Monday, his lawyer says.
Oland will be in Ottawa as the Supreme Court of Canada hears arguments on a potentially groundbreaking legal question: When should convicted killers be granted bail?
William Teed, Oland’s Saint John, N.B., lawyer, said his client wants to be at the hearing, which stems from Oland’s own case but predates last week’s New Brunswick Court of Appeal ruling throwing out his conviction for the murder of his multimillionaire father.
Teed said Oland, a financial planner and the scion of one of the Maritimes’ most prominent families, has otherwise been spending his time “very quietly” since being granted bail last Tuesday pending a re-trial.