David Bain's retrial for the murder of five of his family in Dunedin in 1994 resumes in Christchurch today. Hit refresh throughout the day for the latest updates. Or you can follow us on Twitter
5.06pm: Milton Weir was a Detective Sergeant in 1994 and was put in charge of the Every Street murder scene.
He has told the court that two senior officers had access to the scene before he arrived.
He said that after viewing the bodies himself, he ordered a roll of plastic sheeting to be laid out to each of the rooms where the bodies of the five Bain family members were found.
Mr Weir has told the court that the plastic sheeting arrived at 65 Every Street later in the morning.
He told the court that a pathologist, Dr Alexander Dempster, then was allowed into the house to conduct preliminary examinations on each of the bodies.
Mr Weir said that a police photographer was also then allowed in, once lighting had arrived from the fire service.
Court has adjourned for the day.
4.25pm: The Telecom operator who took the 111 emergency call from David Bain has told the court that she stayed on the phone with Bain until police arrived at the scene.
Frances Edwards has told the court that "he was groaning a lot and hard to hear lots of times".
She said when she first picked up the phone; she asked the caller whether they wanted to speak to fire, ambulance or police.
"The male at the other end was groaning and didn't know what he wanted. He said his father was dead," Ms Edwards said.
She said he did not know what he wanted so put him through to the ambulance service.
Ms Edwards said a short time later, the ambulance call taker came back on the line and asked her to stay on the line with Bain so the call could be traced.
"So I just carried on talking to David Bain.
"He was groaning a lot. He sounded like he had respiratory trouble, it sounded like he had asthma," Ms Edwards said.
She said at one point Bain swore at her as she tried to calm him down.
4.04pm: The woman who supervised Telecom 111 emergency call takers in 1994 has told the court the emergency call made by David Bain came before 7am on the morning of June 20, 1994.
The woman, who has applied for name suppression, later got in touch with Joe Karam after a police officer gave her a "shortened version" of her evidence to sign as her evidence in brief.
She confirmed to Bain's lawyer, Michael Reed, QC, that she was not happy about that.
The timing of the 111 emergency call is important to both the Crown and the defence cases.
The woman said she was normally joined by another staff member at 6.55am when a Telecom service was switched over to her office from another part of the country.
But the woman said on June 20, 1994, the staff member who handled the switch over was not present when Bain's call came through.
"The comment was made that she missed all the excitement," she said.
3.41pm: A woman who was a supervisor at Telecom and overheard part of the 111 emergency call made by Bain has told the court Telecom staff originally thought it was from a "nutter".
The woman, who has applied for name suppression, said Telecom workers then decided the call was genuine and put it through to the ambulance service.
3.35pm: The ambulance officer who took the 111 call from David Bain on the morning five of his family members were found dead has confirmed that he has had no formal training or qualifications in "voice stress training".
Ambulance officer Thomas Dempsey confirmed under cross-examination by Bain's lawyer Michael Reed, QC, that he had no such training.
Mr Reed asked him if he was aware that voice stress "cannot be controlled at will".
Mr Dempsey said he was not.
Mr Reed indicated that the defence will call a medical expert who will give evidence on Bain's 111 call.
3.27pm: The ambulance officer who took the 111 call from David Bain on the morning five of his family members were found dead has described the call as "unusual".
Thomas Dempsey said he got a call from "a gentleman who had possible multiple deaths at home".
He said it was easy to get the important basic information from Bain, including a telephone number, address, name and what had happened.
He said in his experience of answering hundreds of 111 calls from people who are "overwhelmed by a situation", callers often find it difficult to give simple information.
3.23pm: The jury has heard the 111 call made by David Bain on the morning that five of his family members were found dead.
Bain told an ambulance officer "they are all dead. My family are all dead, hurry up".
1.29pm: Police questioned David Bain about why he had said in his 111 call, "Help they're all dead", when he had only seen two of the bodies of his family members.
In Bain's statement to the police, read out in court today, he said he dialled 111 and took the telephone into his bedroom to talk to the police. He was still in there when the police and ambulance arrived.
He said he didn't go into any other family members' rooms.
When asked why he said "they're all dead" in his 111 call he couldn't explain it and said he had only seen his mother and father.
1.13pm: David Bain told a police doctor that he did not know how he got bruising on his head or a graze on his knee on the morning that five of his family members were found dead in their home.
The evidence of Dr Thomas Pryde, who died in 2007, has been read to the court this afternoon.
Dr Pryde said Bain had bruising on his right temple, a small bruise above his right eye and a small graze on his inner right knee.
He said he asked Bain how he got the injuries and Bain answered that he did not know.
Dr Pryde also said in his evidence that Bain appeared "calm" and that he was quietly spoken and answered all his questions.
Dr Pryde said he took blood and saliva samples from Bain as well as carrying out a gunshot residue test.
He said he advised Bain that the results of the tests could be used by police as evidence. He said Bain did not have an objection to that.
Dr Pryde had earlier in the day inspected each of the five Bain family members at 65 Every St and found "life to be extinct" in each case.
The High Court in Christchurch has adjourned for lunch.
1.10pm: Under cross-examination by Bain's lawyer Michael Reed, QC, Detective Graham Ross has confirmed to the court that he received a phone call from a prison officer, Mr Stanley.
Mr Reed asked if Mr Ross had heard information about a marriage split between Mr and Mrs Bain on the morning that five of the Bain family members were found dead in their home.
Mr Ross confirmed that he had been phoned by Mr Stanley.
He also confirmed Mr Stanley told him that Bain's sister, Laniet, had been a prostitute.
He said he passed the information on to the officer second in charge of the investigation, James Doyle.
12.45pm: Items of clothing worn by David Bain on the morning five of his family members were found in their home have been shown to the court.
A white running sweatshirt with a "bloody smudge" on it, black rugby shorts, pink and green running shorts, as well as a pair of white sports socks, were held up in front of the jury.
Detective Graham Ross took possession of Bain's clothes and gave him clothes from the Salvation Army on the day after the bodies were found.
Mr Ross has told the court that he saw the "bloody smudge" on the white sweatshirt.
He also said that when bright light was shone on the black rugby shorts, "you could see faint stains on the front of them".
12.38pm: The police officer who took statements from David Bain in the days following the discovery of five Bain family members dead in their home has described Bain's response to a question about who had killed his family as "most unusual".
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has told the court that he put three propositions to Bain about who was responsible for the deaths.
The first was that a complete stranger had committed the crime, the second and third propositions were that either David or his father was responsible.
Mr Dunne told the court that he and Bain agreed the first proposition was "unlikely".
Mr Dunne told the court under re-examination that Bain's comment on the possibility his father had committed the murders - "If it was Dad, I would be very disappointed" - was a "most unusual response".
12.16pm: The police officer who took statements from David Bain in the days following the discovery of five Bain members dead in their home has confirmed that Bain was helpful and responsive.
Under cross-examination by Bain's lawyer Helen Cull, QC, Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne confirmed that Bain was not given a caution about the answers he gave in interviews with police.
He also confirmed Bain was not advised that he could consult a lawyer.
Mr Dunne said he did not know if the Bill of Rights had been passed into legislation in 1994 but confirmed that Bain had not been advised.
12.06pm: David Bain told police that he "couldn't help it, that black hands were coming to get him", the court has heard.
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has begun reading from a third statement that Bain gave to police just days after the bodies of five of his family members were found in their home.
He said he went to the house where Bain was staying with extended family and found Bain "physically upset and sobbing".
Mr Dunne said that Bain told him: "If he had run home, he could have stopped them, that hands were pulling them away."
Mr Dunne said he had put forward three possibilities about who had committed the murders at Every St: One, that a complete stranger had committed the crime, and two and three that David or his father was responsible.
Mr Dunne said: "David replied: If it was Dad, I would be very disappointed".
11.55am: David Bain told police that his mother had a savings account that she was putting money into and that he didn't think Robin Bain knew about it, the court has heard.
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has continued reading statements made by Bain.
Bain told police about the account one day after the bodies of five of his family members were found in their home.
Bain said his mother had told him that his father "was never responsible about it. If he had something, he would use it and not put it aside for a rainy day".
11.39am: David Bain told police that he had been "spacing out" in the two weeks leading up to the deaths of five of his family members, the court has heard.
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has continued reading statements made by David Bain to police at the time of the murders.
He said Bain made a second statement to police on June 21, 1994.
During the interview, Mr Dunne asked Bain what had happened during the 25 minutes between Bain arriving home from his paper round and Bain making a 111 call.
He said Bain told him: "I don't know, slow."
"I can't tell you anything about time. Recently I've been spacing out. Last time it happened was at the Symphonia, I don't remember two movements," Mr Dunne read from Bain's statement.
Mr Dunne said friends with Bain at the time said it appeared that he had been watching the performance.
Mr Dunne said he asked if Bain had sought medical advice on the black-outs.
Bain answered that it had only been happening for two weeks.
11.06am: David Bain told police how he had found his mother and father dead on the morning of June, 20, 1994, according to a statement read out in court this morning.
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has continued reading a statement made by David Bain on the morning that five of his family members were found dead in their Every Street home.
Mr Dunne told the court that when he came home after his paper round, he put his running clothes in the washing machine and washed the printers' ink from his hands.
Bain told police that he came back upstairs and checked on his mother before seeing his father dead in the lounge room.
Later during the same interview, Mr Dunne said he was told by Bain that after looking in his mother's room, he had: "pulled back the curtain and called her. 'I said: Mum, what is going on?'"
Later Mr Dunne said Bain told police: "I saw blood all over her head, on her face; it seemed to just go everywhere".
"I ran out calling my father and ran into the lounge, I don't know why," Bain said.
He said he found his father and "saw blood on his temple, that's when I went to call police".
Earlier he had told Mr Dunne that he had found his cupboard open. He said the shoes in his cupboard, that he kept on top of his ammunition, had been moved.
Mr Dunne said Bain told him that he was "unsure" and "confused" on the morning he found the bodies of his parents.
10.44am: David Bain told police that "things were very tense at home" when his father was living in the campervan out the back on the weekends.
Bain gave a statement to police on the morning that five of his family members were found dead in their family home.
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Dunne has begun reading the statement to the court.
He said Bain told police that his parents were "basically" split up.
"It was a case of Mum not wanting the marriage/partnership any longer and him not wanting to give up the family," Bain told police.
He said he had an argument with his father the night before the killings about a chainsaw that he wanted to use.
"Last night I said I wanted the chainsaw, he tried to beat me down," Bain told police.
He went on to say of his father: "He was asserting his authority, his right to rule the roost."
- with NZPA
