5 May 2022

Case #041 - The Bain Family Murders

From Crimes NZ, 5:00 am on 5 May 2022

On the 24th of June, 1994, Robin (58) and Margaret Bain (50) and three of their children, Arawa (19), Laniet (18) and Stephen (14), were found dead in their Dunedin home.

Four days later, the only surviving family member - 22 year-old David Bain - was arrested for their murders.

The Black Hands podcast was backed up with full page pieces about the Bain case by Martin van Beynen.

Martin van Beynan's written extensively on the Bain family murders, including his own podcast Black Hands. Photo: photo / rnz

David Bain was found guilty of murder in 1995 and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

But in 2009, he was acquitted at a retrial. 

Stuff senior reporter Martin van Baynen sat through the three month retrial and does not believe the evidence pointing to Robin Bain being the murder stacks up.

 

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