Court told of message left on Bain computer

David Bain. Pool photo

Police today recounted finding the message, "Sorry you are the only one who deserved to stay," on the computer in an alcove off the room where Robin Bain was found dead.

A video of the scene at Every Street, Dunedin, was shown in the High Court at Christchurch today on the eighth day of the retrial of David Bain on charges of murdering five members of his family in 1994.

The video included footage showing the bodies of the Bain family members, and retired Detective Sergeant Milton Weir gave a commentary as it was shown.

It showed a cluttered house, in bad state of disrepair. Mr Weir described the smell in the house as very bad and said his staff had to wear face masks.

In the room where Robin Bain was found on the floor there was a bloodstain on the curtain and a rifle covered in blood with a rifle magazine beside his body. He had spots of blood on his trousers and blood spots on the rear of his left hand.

Off this room was an alcove where the computer was running with the message, "Sorry you are the only one who deserved to stay," on it.

In 14-year-old Stephen Bain's room where he was lying on the floor there was a heavily bloodstained bed, and a spent .22 cartridge on the pillow.

Mr Weir said there were obvious signs of a struggle in this room, and the injuries on Stephen were consistent with this.

The mother, Margaret Bain, was lying in her bed with a bullet wound in the area of her left eye.

David Bain's sister Arawa Bain was on the floor of her bedroom with a gunshot wound on her right forehead.

Mr Weir said the doorjambs had bloodstains on them and it was decided to do luminol testing of the house. He then told of bloody footprints being found.

- NZPA