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Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial: Dec. 1

Follow CBC's live coverage of the trial in Saint John. The second-degree murder trial continues on Tuesday morning and Dennis Oland is expected to take the stand this week.

Richard Oland could have been using his computer 'for hours' after Dennis left his office

Dennis Oland, 47, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the 2011 death of his father, prominent businessman Richard Oland. (CBC)

Dennis Oland's second-degree murder trial is continuing onTuesday morning in Saint John as the defence is expected to call him to testifythis week.

The defence team spentMonday attempting to dismiss the significanceof the Crown'sevidence that human activity on Richard Oland's office computer stopped minutes after his son came to visit him on the day police believe he was killed.

Although the last trace ofhuman interaction with the victim'scomputer was at 5:39 p.m.,there are several computer activities that can't be detected, said GeoffreyFellows, who travelled from the United Kingdom to testify.

Fellows, a forensic computer expert, said on Monday thatRichardOlandcould have been using his computer "for hours" after DennisOlandleft his office on July 6, 2011.

Fellows looked at June 13 to17, 2011, and found human activity on all three of Oland's office computers onthose days endedbetween 3:05p.m. and 6:30 p.m.