Dennis Oland arrives at the Saint John Law Courts building with his wife Lisa in Saint John, N.B., on December1, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The judge hearing the murder trial of Dennis Oland began his final instructions to the jury Tuesday, repeatedly emphasizing the need for caution and common sense as jurors assess the evidence presented during 12 weeks of testimony. Oland has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father, well-known businessman Richard Oland, whose family founded a business institution in the Maritimes, Moosehead Breweries Ltd.

Oland, 69, was found face down in a pool of blood in his office in Saint John, N.B., on July 7, 2011.

Justice John Walsh of the Court of Queen's Bench told the jury that Dennis Oland is presumed to be innocent unless the Crown proves his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

"It is not enough for you to believe Dennis Oland is probably or likely guilty," he explained.

Walsh reviewed the testimony of several police officers regarding the crime scene and the collection of evidence, noting that in many cases there were "presumptive tests" done for the presence of blood.

He said positive results from presumptive tests can't be used as proof of blood because of the possibility for false positives. He said only results from more stringent tests should be used by the jury as proof of blood.

"It is so dangerous to draw a conclusion on a presumptive test for blood," said Walsh, whose review of DNA evidence was very detailed.

He reminded the jury that DNA testing on a brown jacket owned by Dennis Oland found a number of spots that matched the profile of Richard Oland. The chance that it was not Richard Oland's DNA is 1 in 20 quintillion.

After a power outage caused a 90-minute delay, Walsh continued to focus on DNA evidence and then shifted to Richard Oland's social interactions, noting he was very touchy, often holding someone's arm or putting his arm around them.

During the trial, Dennis Oland testified that his father chewed his cuticles and often had scabs on his head, adding that there were times when his father could have had contact with his brown jacket.

Walsh said it was up to the jury to decide on Dennis Oland's credibility.

Earlier, Walsh reviewed the testimony of various experts including blood spatter expert Patrick Laturnus, who said the killer and the weapon would have a significant amount of blood spatter on them.

However, Walsh said it's up to the jury to decide how much blood the killer would have had on them.

Walsh also highlighted testimony from police that a drywall hammer could have been the murder weapon. He said that was "pure conjecture."

Later in the day, Walsh recapped the testimony of Richard Oland's secretary, Maureen Adamson, recalling that she told the court that Dennis Oland met with his father after 5:35 p.m. on July 6, 2011.

He said Adamson testified that Richard Oland was happy to see his son, and that she had never seen the two men argue.

Walsh also reviewed testimony from computer experts, who said the last known apparent human input on Richard Oland's computer was at 5:39 p.m., and the last text received by his iPhone was from his mistress Diana Sedlacek at 6:44 p.m. She made five subsequent calls, which all went to voicemail, the judge said.

The phone disappeared after Oland's death.

There are 13 jurors, eight men and five women. Walsh has said he will conduct a draw and one juror will be dismissed once he completes his instructions, leaving 12 to reach a verdict.

The jury was sequestered late Tuesday. Walsh was expected to resume instructing the jury Wednesday.

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