The Bain family murders were the deaths by gunshot of Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four children – Arawa, Laniet and Stephen – in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 20 June 1994. David Bain, aged 22, was charged with five counts of murder. In May 1995, he was convicted on each of the five counts and sentenced to mandatory life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of sixteen years. Speculation about the case continued long after Bain was acquitted, including whether or not he should receive compensation for the years he spent in prison. Ian Binnie, a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, was appointed in November 2011 to review the circumstances and advise the government on whether compensation should
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The Bain family murders were the deaths by gunshot of Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four children – Arawa, Laniet and Stephen – in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 20 June 1994. David Bain, aged 22, was charged with five counts of murder. In May 1995, he was convicted on each of the five counts and sentenced to mandatory life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of sixteen years. Speculation about the case continued long after Bain was acquitted, including whether or not he should receive compensation for the years he spent in prison. Ian Binnie, a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, was appointed in November 2011 to review the circumstances and advise the government on whether compensation should be paid. Ian Callinan’s report, in which he concluded that Bain was not innocent on the balance of probabilities, was delivered to the Minister of Justice on 26 January 2016. The Minister announced that no compensation would be paid, but that Bain would be given an ex gratia payment of USD 925,000 if he agreed to stop all further legal action. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or click here for details on how to contact the National suicide Prevention Line in the United States.
In Australia, call the Salvation Army in the US on 1 (800) 273-TALK (8255) or visit the Samaritans in the US on the United States on the South American continent on the south American searcher and Europe and Europe and the Middle East and Asia and Africa and then the UK and Australia and South East Africa & Asia and Middle East & Europe & the UK and Australia and other countries and countries in their respective families in Europe and the Estonian, British, American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand, Bulgarian, and British and Australian and Canadian and English and New Zimbabwe and German and Chinese and Russian and Indian and Spanish and Korean and French and Japanese and Scottish and Filipino and Greek and American and their families were all shot to death. In New Zealand, the only suspects were David Cullen Bain, the oldest son and only survivor, and Robin Bain. Bain’s case was taken up by businessman and former rugby player Joe Karam. In 2007, Bain’s legal team, guided by Karam, successfully appealed to the Privy Council, which declared there had been a’substantial miscarriage of justice’ Bain was released on bail in May 2007.
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