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Digital Evidence Expert Testifies At Oland Trial

An expert in digital evidence on the stand during Day 29 of the Dennis Oland second-degree murder trial.

Payman Hakimian works at the RCMP headquarters in Fredericton.

Saint John Police requested his team’s help after 4 p.m. on July 7th, 2011, the day Richard Oland’s body was discovered in his Canterbury Street office.

12 items were seized from Richard’s office including computers, an iPad and digital cameras.

A screenshot from one of the computers was shown in court where a login box was seen over top of multiple email folders.

In a closer shot, Richard’s name was visible along with some others.

The sent emails were from June 15th, 2011, and Hakimian did this work at 8:59 p.m. on July 7th, 2011.

Hakimian also spoke about a report covering when Richard’s iPhone was disconnected.

It was disconnected at 4:44 p.m. on July 6th, 2011.

Richard’s iPhone 4 has never been located.

Hakimian noticed continuous activity on his computer on July 6th, 2011, until 5:53 p.m.

An email was received after this point but not read.

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