Bain gets a retrial

[Scouse]

My prediction is he will walk, th QC's will raise (barely) credible "reasonable doubt" and he will waltz.

then to reappear in Dancing with the Stars next year.

And get hitched to his dance partner

[Indiana_Jones]

And get hitched to his dance partner

Then his father will kill her too

-Indy

[Patrick]

Not to mention of course that Stephen, (who had fought with the killer while bleeding profusely from a gun shot wound to his head) had fibres from David's jersey, (the one found in the washing machine) under his fingernails

Or....

That David had told police that he had put the washing on that moring and a bloody palm print of his was found on the washing machine.

Or...

That Robin Bane had nobody's blood on him but his own and that he was found in his own clothes, the same clothes that he had been wearing the night before, (confirmed by David in his own statement)

Or....

That the killer had walked in blood and Robin's footwear showed no sign of doing so.

Or...

That the killer wore David's white gloves even though Robin had a pair of his own.

Or...

That David has never been able to offer an explanation for any of the incriminating evidence.

Or...

That the media and Karam have made a celebrity out of a mass murderer.

Waiting, waiting, waiting......... These points above....

[jim.cox]

Waiting, waiting, waiting......... These points above....

And we could add..

How did David's glasses get broken?

How did Dad get the key to the trigger lock of the rifle?

Why the 25 minute delay before calling 111?

And the fact that Ambo staff seem pretty convinced he was faking his "fit"

[Patrick]

And we could add..

How did David's glasses get broken?

How did Dad get the key to the trigger lock of the rifle?

Why the 25 minute delay before calling 111?

And the fact that Ambo staff seem pretty convinced he was faking his "fit"

Waiting.... waiting.... waiting....

[Maha]

That, since the retrial began, the 6 pm news coverage (albeit minimal) has changed its priorites in that, when the Crown had it say, the retial news item was either first or second on the list. Now that its the defence turn, the latest from the courtroom is shown after the second add break, just before the Money Market segment. Maybe a little earlier at times but, certainly later than the Crowns case was.

[Skyryder]

That, since the retrial began, the 6 pm news coverage (albeit minimal) has changed its priorites in that, when the Crown had it say, the retial news item was either first or second on the list. Now that its the defence turn, the latest from the courtroom is shown after the second add break, just before the Money Market segment. Maybe a little earlier at times but, certainly later than the Crowns case was.

You may be right but I think it's the subject matter (incest) that has taken the news slot to an earlier time.


Skyryder

[riffer]

Yes, well the news is considered adult viewing in my house, and with good reason.

[Winston001]

Yes, well the news is considered adult viewing in my house, and with good reason.

Bang on. Going OT for a moment, I've always watched the news but realised one day that this presented difficulties in regard to my children, when they were smaller.

I remember my 8yr daughter asking me what the step-father of Coral-Anne Burrows had done as he was shown on the news, and why had he hurt the little girl..... It was an awful moment. Then there were paedophiles, rapists etc etc on at other times.....

I wanted my children to grow up aware of the world by watching the news but the content - at 6:00pm - isn't suitable.

[Maha]

You may be right but I think it's the subject matter (incest) that has taken the news slot to an earlier time.


Skyryder

Yes, well the news is considered adult viewing in my house, and with good reason.

Good points, didnt think of that, all our children have left home.

I guess the Matt Johns/group sex thing is less intrusive?

[FJRider]

You may be right but I think it's the subject matter (incest) that has taken the news slot to an earlier time.


Skyryder

A bit of sex does wonders for ratings ... sorta sounds like a storyline in Shortland Street.

[Hitcher]

One is taking with several grains of salt the stories of incest and other sexual misadventures alleged from the former Bain household. If Laniet has, as alleged, had three different children out of wedlock, one allegedly sired by a black Papua New Guinean while she was on VSA work and one by her father, where are these children (now adults)?

They (the Bains) are clearly all nuts. David appears to be the most sane of the lot of them. God knows what happened in that Dunedin house on the morning in question. I am now long past caring. I am convinced that David Bain poses no risk to society or to those around him. Conviction nowithstanding, let the poor bugger go. He has done his time and I am certain that us taxpayers should have more pressing needs for our hard-earned contributions.

[SixPackBack]

The old man killed the family, David came home and killed him.
That's my prediction, kinda fits with some of the evidence and gives David enough moral fortitude/limited guilt, abject horror to behave the way he does.

[Robbo]

The old man killed the family, David came home and killed him.
That's my prediction, kinda fits with some of the evidence and gives David enough moral fortitude/limited guilt, abject horror to behave the way he does.

Mmmm. Now that's an interesting angle on it and one that i had'nt consiered. You could be onto something there SPB but also as Hitcher has said, the entire family appears to have been totally disfunctional and probably would have self destructed eventually.

[Mully]

The old man killed the family, David came home and killed him.
That's my prediction, kinda fits with some of the evidence and gives David enough moral fortitude/limited guilt, abject horror to behave the way he does.

I read some evidence that supported this too. They did charge him with 5 murders, so in theory he could be found guilty of the one murder.

I think his lawyers have done a pretty good job of introducing reasonable doubt though. I suspect he'll walk.