A mixture of things below. None helpful to the
daddy didn't do it crew. In fact most unhelpful seen here from the trial transcript..You'll see I've highlighted things that I always thought the basics of this case. The hand blood smears. The no physical injuries to David despite the chorus that he had injuries consistent with having had a fight. The comparison of bloody and injured hands of Robin, to the clean undamaged hands of David.
Also the young detective looking for a motive in the normal fashion (in this case domestic), but Doyle, ostensibly in charge, not bothering to check motives for Robin.
The truth about the beanie, or suicidee's raising or lifting clothes in order to suicide.
The reality that the police model of suicide was deliberating portrayed as hard, although not the defence model on which Dr Dempster agreed.
Also from Robinson, an aspect I have either overlooked in the past or forgotten - the red material under Robin's fingernails. We heard even recently that it was David that had material under his nails, but indeed we see it was the father. We even heard most recently from hate-site panic - Melanie White an absolute lie that Stephen had David's dna under his nail. But as always the truth comes out to haunt the liars.
Doyle on the blood smears from Robin's hands, the ones according to the hate-siters which never existed.
Q [The record states:]
“2 smear and slide of traces on blood on left hand.” What is that
actually? Is it a slide or what is it? A It would be a slide with a blood smear in it.
Q Right. Well it wouldn’t be hard to retain that, would it? A Well, with hindsight no.
Q But you see the importance, Mr Doyle? You were an experienced Detective Senior
Sergeant. That skin sample that was kept for 13 or 14 years proved when it was tested
that it did not come from David Bain. You see the significance of it? A Correct.
From Doyle again - for those that claim David was never a suspect.
Q You have told David and others that it was either Robin or David. That was the view
from the police. There was no-one else suspected, was there? A Correct.
Q So it is a contest. Is it Robin or is it David? Correct? A That is the question?
And of course that Doyle ignored not only testing the smears but was unable to connect them to the deaths;
Q Your case has always been that Robin innocently came into the house, knelt in front of
the curtain [for morning prayer] and was shot by David Bain. That’s been your case
hasn’t it? A That’s the Crown case, yes.
Q And that requires that Robin Bain is not involved in any way in these murders. Right?
A Correct.
Detective Superintendent Robinson
Q But
fingernail scrapings in a homicide case, where the fingernail scrapings showed a
red substance, might alert a detective mightn’t it to the fact that it ought to be tested for
blood….? A Yes it could.
Q Yes. Well why wasn’t that done? A I don’t know?
Q
And then we had blood from the hand of Robin Bain that’s unexplained. Wouldn’t it
have been wise to test that blood to see whose it was? A In hindsight yes.
The above followed on from evidence from Doyle about blood samples from the hands of Robin not being sufficient for diagnosis in NZ. But which could be diagnosed in Australia. The samples from Robin's hands were not taken to Australia although samples from some other of deceased were.
Below in evidence Ambulance Officer Raymond Anderson in attempting to describe his belief that David hadn't fainted - describes finding no physical injuries. Exactly the opposite of what is claimed by the hate-siters.
Q Now, did you check the patient for any visible signs of trauma? A Yes I did a quick
once-over and then good look all around, because of course we weren’t quite sure what
we were being presented with.
But I couldn’t find any sign of physical injury or signs that
medical intervention was required.
From police interview with David; the very basic question of hand damage after an episode of violence.
Q
Did you have any cuts on your hands on Monday? A No.
Another basice police question: searching for a motive. David was asked..
Q Do you know of any extra-marital relationships? A No, Mum didn’t have any. I don’t
know about Dad. I knew very little about what Dad thought or did.
Compare the above evidence with that of Doyle who was not interested in investigating motives Robin may have had, unlike his junior officer following normal practice.
Q Why was it not appropriate to find out whether there was a strong motive for these five
homicides? How could you possibly say that Mr Doyle? A Our focus was on the
investigation into the killings.
Q Yes, and you have agreed that, in a circumstantial case, it is important to establish
motive? The trial judge said that himself didn’t he, in his summing up? A On the second
day of the inquiry it was still not clear whether it was a homicide per se or homicides per
se or homicide-suicide.
Just showing critical importance of Robin not being shot through his beanie, and the other answer to the giggling hate-siters how suicidees open clothes, or lift hats when killing themselves. No bullet hole through Robin's beanie.
From Dempster.
If Robin Bain inflicted this wound on himself, one would have to say
that it would be unusual for him to be wearing head gear in my experience. It is unusual
for people to [do so]. I have never come across
anybody who shot themselves in the head
who was wearing head gear at the time, and I think it is a pretty uncommon event.
Similarly, if they shoot themselves in the chest,
normally they seem to bear the skin.
Q But?
A there is also the possibility that he could have rested the rifle say on the chair in
from a standing position. The rifle would still be in the same relative position to his head
of course.
Q Yes, if he rests it somewhere else, it will not alleviate your concern about site of entry
at the moment, but it would obviously be easier to hold the gun? A Yes.
Q And what I am suggesting to you, Doctor, is that yesterday, that demonstration of
holding the gun up to your head and your arm waving around, is just really unhelpful as a
demonstration? Because it’s just totally unrealistic that anyone would ever do that,
Doctor?
A I cannot say that it didn’t happen that way. I am perfectly happy to accept that
the rifle may have been rested on a point such as a chair, that’s certainly been something
that I have considered in the past and I think discussed at the last trial.
Q Yes. But the point is that you spent a long time yesterday, through your counsel,
holding that gun up with it waving around and showing how difficult it is to reach the trigger. And what I am putting to you is that no-one, rationally, would ever suggest that
Robin would have done that? Its just ridiculous Doctor? A
I cannot comment whether it
is ridiculous or not, I think it is a possibility, I would say it still possible, equally difficult
to reach the trigger even if it is rested on an object. It’s at close to the limit of one’s arm
stretch, depending of course on the length of one’s arm, but it is an awkward position.
Q
Yes. But that is not what I am putting to you. I am saying to you, if you are giving a
fair demonstration to the jury, why would you give a demonstration that really is just
totally unrealistic? Why would you do that? A Because I was not asked to step down and
show it in other positions.
Q Right, that it is perfectly feasible to have an entry wound to the head matching the
exact direction of travel of the bullet in Robin’s head? Would you disagree with that? A
Well I wouldn’t disagree because if the rifle is applied to the temple in the way it has
been demonstrated in your photographs, the bullet is going to transit the head in that
direction. But, in my experience, it is extremely unusual for suicidally-inflicted gunshot
wounds to transit the brain in that direction. Robin Bain has chosen, if he has killed
himself, an unusual way of applying the rifle to his head.
Q Isn’t it fair to tell the jury that, if Robin Bain was going to commit suicide with that
gun, it is much more likely he would adopt one of the positions, I have shown in those
photographs than it would with your demonstration yesterday? Is that a fair question? A
Well it is. One has to consider what a person in this situation would do and there’s no
certainty that an individual would follow a particular course.
I can predict one thing Ian Binnie will have noted all this and will not have asked Bill Rodie, Parker, White or others for the real story of what they heard from
reporters or important people. No wonder it is so obvious that David is innocent.