Bain is being retried.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Waste of taxpayer's money either way.

[vifferman]

Waste of taxpayer's money either way.

Not for him, if he gets his name cleared.
If he is innocent, it gives him a chance to wipe things and maybe get compo for 12 years in prison.

[janno]

You're joking?!

Though perhaps a not guilty verdict will enable him to get squillions in compo like Arthur Allen Thomas? As opposed to nothing?

And perhaps it may be a good thing if the copper's incompetence and dishonesty gets shown up in public (though normally I think they are the good guys).

[Nasty]

Seems right as it is following the ruling from the Privy Council - question is how are they going to find an untiainted jury????

[Steam]

.. question is how are they going to find an untiainted jury????

And it's being held in Dunedin!! Everyone has an opinion there.

[Swoop]

Excellent!!!

A chance to prove the case with all the evidence laid out.

Just a shame it is not being tried in Auckland. I am on High Court jury duty (again)...

[oldrider]

I think he should be retried, after all there are five dead people, reason for death still not accounted for!

Did he do it? I don't know!

I now feel really sure that he is a person capable of doing it and staying the course to this stage of proceedings whereas before I thought he was a bit of a weakling.

He is one focused fellow in my opinion and bloody tough mentally. John.

PS: I don't think the Police looked far enough afield for the possibility of another perpetrator.
Maybe neither David or his father were the guilty party! (weird mob, those Bains)

[Steam]

...reason for death still not accounted for!

Bullets to the brain?

[janno]

Did he do it? I don't know!

I now feel really sure that he is a person capable of doing it and staying the course to this stage of proceedings whereas before I thought he was a bit of a weakling.

He is one focused fellow in my opinion and bloody tough mentally. John.

Ditto that, stronger than I'd be I suspect.

[Jeremy]

Wouldn't it be much easier to find an untainted jury now?

I know people who are of jury service age, who simply cannot remember him. June 1994, I was 7 and I can only barely remember it being on tv for ages. And there's certainly people younger than me who end up on jury service.

Just move the trial to Auckland and it'd be very easy to find enough people. There's people only a year younger than me who can't remember Georgie Pie, and I'd say that was way more famous in New Zealand.

[Swoop]

Ditto that, stronger than I'd be I suspect.

Remember that your opinion is from what you have seen recently.
When he was before the courts all those years ago, he was a different person altogether.

[Scouse]

I still think he is Guilty I Have a problem beliveing that his father was willing to kill all the family exept for David without leaving a note to clear his son, if he belived that David was the only one that deserved to live why leave him exposed to a life senence without some form of letter that spelt out his reason for killing everyone except David?

[janno]

I was at Otago Uni when it all happened, and had seen him around. I lived in Dud for seven years, and plenty of people knew him, though not me.

My comment was based on the fact he has come out of prison looking reasonably normal, as opposed to bitter and twisted or a basket case. I think it would have taken strength to come through like that.

Though like you say, it's based on what you see on the telly, which is hardly realistic.

I feel for the poor bugger, anyway.

When he came out, my thoughts were mainly that he had grown from a gawky, geeky looking kid into an adult man.

[Steam]

I still think he is Guilty I Have a problem beliveing that his father was willing to kill all the family exept for David without leaving a note to clear his son, if he belived that David was the only one that deserved to live why leave him exposed to a life senence without some form of letter that spelt out his reason for killing everyone except David?

I fear you forget. He DID leave a note. It said "David, you were the only one who deserved to live."
Also, Robin was crazy at the time.

[peasea]

It's a waste of money if nothing else. Sure, he might like to clear his name but if he gets set up (don't put it past them, ask A. A. Thomas) he's up for another life sentence.

It's a nightmare for all concerned, make no mistake.