Do you believe David Bain is guilty?

Question

The first thing I am going to say please to not give me comments saying to leave him alone since hes now 'not guilty'. I am just interested to see the percentage on kiwis who agree with me. After following the case my own personal belief is that David is guilty. If you disagree then explain with detail. A reporter who sat through the entire retrial believes 100% that David did it but predicted the jury would find him not guilty on the fact that the defence created 'reasonable doubt'. They tried so many times to have the trial stopped since they knew there was only a slim chance of the verdict they got.When David rang the police he said they were all dead when in fact he had apparently only seen two bodies. That he could not account for 25 minutes when he returned home which he could of spent cleaning clothes. The bruises and scratches on Davids face which I believe came from Stephen fighting for him life. RIP. There way an obvious sign of a fight with Stephen but Robin had no marks that would indicate he was involved. Davids finger prints on the weapon which he claims are from a previous time. Stephens blood was on Davids clothes but he had no idea how it got there. Robins bladder had contents that indicated that he had slept a good night sleep which is hard to believe if he had planned to kill his family Robin would of needed to wear gloves so that his finger prints were not on the murder weapon and why would he do this as it would implicate his son that was apparently 'the only one who deserved to stay'. The suicide note was written on the computer which is odd as Robin was not computer savvy and a hand written note would clear David. The fact that Robin planned to kill his family while David was on his paper round and made it simple for anybody with half a brain cell to see that David is guilty, the fact that Robin would of had to change what he was wearing and put his clothes on the line. Davids sister said she was scared of David. That David managed to somehow hear his sister gargling 20 mins after she died. That Robin killed his family but left no dna or evidence...... I could go on for a long time but I think the truth is clear. Im sure the jury believe hes guilty but voted not guilty because of the legal requirement of reasonable doubt. please give your thoughts but dont judge me on my beliefs as it is simply a belief. You are entitled to yours. Thank you

Answer 1

David Bain is a New Zealander who featured in one of the country's most notable murder cases. He was convicted in May 1995 of the murders of his parents and siblings in Dunedin on 20 June the previous year, then was found not guilty when retried on the same charges 14 years later.



Bain served 13 years of a life sentence before successfully appealing his original convictions to the Privy Council in May 2007. Finding there had been a substantial miscarriage of justice, the Privy Council quashed his convictions and ordered a retrial. He was bailed pending the retrial which began in Christchurch on March 6, 2009 and ended June 5, 2009 with his acquittal on all charges.



This has been one of New Zealand's most complex and controversial murder cases. Aside from the debate about who murdered the Bain family, questions have been raised about the police investigation, juror conduct, court decisions about the admissibility of evidence, and decisions by the New Zealand Court of Appeal.