The second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland hearing from branch manager of CIBC Wood Gundy John Travis, who testifies that in July of 2011 Dennis Oland was an investment advisor at the firm and that his father, Richard Oland, was his client. The body of Richard Oland was found face down in a pool of blood on July 7, 2011.
Several email exhanges between Travis and Dennis Oland read aloud in the courtroom including one from July 1, 2011 in which Dennis Oland tells him that it’s looking like he is going to struggle with money for the next few months, and wants to revisit Travis’ offer to help him. In the email Dennis says help for June and July would be all that would be required. Travis says Dennis Oland was granted $8000 monthly for the first two months and that money was to be paid back.
Another email exchange from June 14 shows Dennis Oland telling Travis that his pay came in at $4000 when it should be $8000. On June 15 Dennis tells Travis he is becoming nervous that the issue won’t be fixed that day, citing support and loan payments being due.
CHSJ News reporter Laura Lyall is covering the Dennis Oland trial and is live tweeting from the courtroom. You can follow along by going to the CHSJ News Twitter page or the Wave News Twitter page.
