2 violent inmates sentenced to 4 months for assaulting Dennis Oland in prison

Two violent inmates from Halifax have each been sentenced to four monthsforpunching and kicking Dennis Olandat a New Brunswick prison after he was convicted of killing his father, Saint John multimillionaire Richard Oland.

Convicted murderer Cody AlexanderMuise, 28, and Aaron Marriott, 27, serving time forattempted murder, were sentenced in Miramichi provincial court on Thursday afternoon via video conference fromAtlantic Institution in Renous.

Theyboth previously pleaded guilty to assaulting Dennis Olandat themaximum security prisonon July 31, 2016.

The attack in the visitors room was captured on video, but itwill not be made public because it was not entered into evidence because ofthe guilty pleas,Crown prosecutor JustinHberttold CBC News.

Muise and Marriottpunchedand kickedOland,knocked him to the floor and continued to punch and kick him until his visitors and guards intervened, the court previously heard.

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Oland, 49, suffered injuries to his face and was treated at the prison.The severity of his injuries has not been disclosed.

Oland, who was released last fall after his second-degree murder conviction was overturned and is facing aretrial next year,declined to provide a victim impact statement,Hbertsaid.

Olandfamily lawyer Bill Teed declinedto comment on Thursday.

Hberttold the courtroom the facts of the case are straightforward and he did not go over the details again.

He and acting duty counsel Simon Wood jointly recommended four-month sentences for both Muise and Marriott.

Motive unknown

Judge Natalie LeBlancfollowed the joint recommendation, saying the sentenceswill be served concurrently with the sentences they are already serving.

"Although this is an assault of another inmate, all assaults are assault and it is a criminal charge and will have sanctions," LeBlanc said.

"In order for our institutions to work properly, inmates must obey and follow all of the rules in relation to the peace officers, but also in relation to one another."

She also ordered them to each pay a $200 victim fine surcharge.

Muise and Marriott both thanked the judge but had nothing else to say.

They both changed their pleas to guilty on Sept. 25, the day their trial was set to begin.

No motive has been disclosed.

Gun battle

Muiseis serving a life sentence for first-degree murder after being convicted in the 2010 shooting death of Brandon Hatcher.

Hatcherwas killedin front of hisSpryfieldhome in a gun battle withMuiseand two other men.

The pair had exchanged threatening texts and phone calls earlier in the day andMuisebelievedHatcherhad made two previous attempts on his life, the trial heard.

Muise failed in his attemptto get his conviction overturned by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 2015.

IWKshooting

Marriott is serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder in connection with ashooting outside a children's hospital inHalifax eight years ago.

He was 18 years old when he shot and injuredJasonHallettoutside the IWK Health Centre on Nov. 18, 2008.Hefired several shots at close range from a handgun intoa Jeep Cherokee, the trial heard.Hallettwas wounded in the wrist.

Marriott pleaded guiltyin 2011 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison with no credit for the 29 months he spent in pre-trial custody, based on a joint recommendation by the Crown and defence.

Some of his co-accused received sentences of between five and 10 years.

Marriottunsuccessfully appealed his sentence to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 2012 and the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal in 2015.

Retrial Oct. 10

Oland served about 10 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning of his father.

He had been sentenced to life, with no chance of parole for at least 10 years, butwasreleased on bail in October last year after the Court of Appealoverturned his murder conviction and ordered a retrial.

Oland'snew trial is set to begin Oct. 10, 2018.

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The body of Richard Oland, 69, was discovered lying face down in a pool of blood in his Saint John investment firm office on July 7, 2011.

The businessman had suffered 45 blows to his head,neck and hands.

His son was the last known person to see him alive, during a visit at hisoffice the night before. Oland's family has stood by him from the beginning, maintaining his innocence.