Two men have been charged with assaulting Dennis Oland while he was imprisoned in a federal penitentiary in New Brunswick.
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A provincial court official confirmed that Cody Alexander Muise, himself a convicted murderer from Halifax, and Aaron Marriott are alleged to have attacked Oland at Atlantic Institution in Renous on July 31.
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The 48-year-old Saint John financial planner was jailed for 10 months after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning of his multi-millionaire father, Saint John businessman Richard Oland.
He was released on bail under conditions on Oct. 25, after the New Brunswick Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial, citing an error in the trial judge’s instructions to the jury.
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Muise and Marriott both appeared in Miramichi provincial court on Jan. 12 and to date neither has entered a plea.
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They are scheduled to return to court on Feb. 9 at 1:30 p.m. to indicate if they desire trial by judge alone or by judge and jury.
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