David Bain trial: Week in summary

Monday, May 11
The court hears passages from violent stories written by pupils at the primary school where Robin Bain was principal. In the stories pupils write of family members and police being shot and stabbed. The defence says the stories were edited and sent out in a newsletter to parents by Robin a few days before the murders.

A psychologist gives evidence that Robin struck two pupils in his care. Witnesses who knew Robin say he was gaunt and had lost interest in his appearance and hygiene before the killings.

Tuesday, May 12
Stephen Cousins, a food centre owner who employed Laniet, says she told him in late 1993 she had been having sex with her father. Laniet told him she was planning to go to the police about it, but police have never reported receiving such a complaint.

Joan Withers, formerly with the Education Review Office, tells how she identified 15 deficiencies at Robin Bain's school, but he showed no emotion or interest. She described him as a "walking cadaver".

Wednesday, May 13
A former prostitute who worked with Laniet tells of her claim that she had given birth to her father's child. Laniet was reluctant to go to police because she did not think they would believe a "hooker".

A shop owner says an upset Laniet came into his store one day in 1994 and told him she was having an "affair" with her father.

Michael Mayson, a cousin of Robin Bain, tells of his shock when a policeman described David Bain as the enemy and says: "We are going to get him."

Mr Mayson says the comment was made in a briefing to the Bains' extended family five days after the killings, but the prosecution says other relatives at the briefing cannot remember the comment.

Thursday, May 14
Dr Philip Brinded, a psychiatrist who treated David Bain after the killings, says he showed no signs of being deranged but was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

He says Bain's memory lapses from the day of the killings were not unusual in the circumstances.