Two Saint John police officers who arrived first at Richard Oland’s office on the day his body was found testifying at Dennis Oland’s second-degree murder trial.
Constable Duane Squires was asked by the Crown’s Jill Knee to remember the morning of July 7th 2011.
He responded to a call about a man who was not conscious and not breathing at 52 Canterbury Street. He was joined by Constable Trinda McAlduff who was a cadet at the time.
Constable Trinda McAlduff of the Saint John Police Force is testifying. She responded with two other officers to a call about a man who was not breathing at 52 Canterbury Street. This was just before 9 a.m. on July 7th 2011.
— Tamara Steele (@tamarasteele1) November 23, 2018
The officers parked across the street and entered the building and as he walked up the stairs he could smell the distinct smell of death.
He described it as a pungent odour. When asked by the Crown’s Jill Knee if he had smelled it before that year and he responds, yes.
Constable Squires notices a deceased man on the floor. There is a gash on the man’s head and a lot of coagulated blood.
Cst. Squires noticed a deceased man on the floor. He noticed a gash on the man’s head and a lot of coagulated blood. A trash can was knocked over nearby. He checked the office for other people and didn’t find anyone.
— Tamara Steele (@tamarasteele1) November 23, 2018
Constable Trinda McAlduff was asked to try and located Richard Oland’s green BMW which she did in a parking lot at the corner of Princess and Canterbury streets.
She is asked by a senior officer to look for a green BMW. She finds it in a lot on the corner of Canterbury and Princess streets just up from Far End Corporation, Richard Oland’s office.
— Tamara Steele (@tamarasteele1) November 23, 2018
Later in the day, Squires and others assisted in the removal of Richard Oland’s body from 52 Canterbury Street.
At 2:22 p.m., two workers from Brenan’s funeral home arrived at the scene to remove Richard Oland’s body.
— Tamara Steele (@tamarasteele1) November 23, 2018
