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Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial coverage: Sept. 21

Follow CBC New Brunswick's live blog from the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland.

Follow CBC New Brunswick's live blog from the Dennis Oland second-degree murder trial in Saint John

Dennis Oland, 46, is charged with second-degree murder in the 2011 death of his father, prominent businessman Richard Oland. (CBC)

Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial is heading into its second week on Monday in Saint John.

Oland, 46, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father more than four years ago.

Oland's defence team spent Friday trying to lay the groundwork for another possible explanation for his murdered father's blood being on his brown sports jacket.

Richard Oland's bludgeoned body was discovered in his uptown investment firm office on July 7, 2011. He had suffered 46 wounds, including 40 to his head and neck, and was found lying face down in a pool of blood.

Oland was the last known person to see his father alive.