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The David Bain Case
On June 20 1994, horrified New Zealanders awoke to the news of the Bain family murders. Five people had been shot as they lay sleeping at 65 Every Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin. The news bulletins said one family member had survived and as yet, no one had been charged. From the outset there was strong speculation that the father Robin Bain had killed his family, then himself, sparing only eldest son David, but four days later, New Zealand got its second big shock that week, when police arrested 22-year-old David Bain, and charged him with killing his family.
This was to be the start of one of New Zealand's most complex and controversial murder investigations and the notoriety it has since gained, has not been seen since Arthur Allan Thomas’s conviction for murdering Harvey and Jeanette Crewe and his subsequent pardon with $1 million compensation.
crime.co.nz gives the reader as many of the facts and theories as it can assemble, including the views of police who investigated the killings and other police who investigated the investigation - from Joe Karam, David Bain’s staunchest supporter and from James McNeish whose book says there seems no question that David is guilty. crime.co.nz gives you the information. Read it and decide for yourself.
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One of NZ’s most complex and controversial murder cases |
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