Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The circus surrounding the David Bain Trial doesn't make sense

Stuff.co.nz: The blood was soaked up by the sock when the killer was in Stephen Bain’s room where blood was left as the result of a fierce fight.
Philip Boyce told the High Court in Christchurch yesterday he believed Robin could have shot himself with the rifle end as far as 22cm from his head.

However today, after tests conducted at the prompting of Justice Graeme Panckhurst, he said the furthest the rifle could have been away from Robin’s head was 12cm.

SHOOT: Some people on this case are obviously clueless. A sockprint soaked in blood could vary for a number of reasons. The whole sock might not soak blood up from end to end, one end my dry quicker, the surface upon which the sock falls might render the print differently (plastic vs wood). As wood the nature of the impression (if the foot is turning, stalling etc).

The craziest part is Bain washed his clothes and bathed and blood was still found on his clothes. His father had no blood on him and was wearing slippers. So why would he have left a bloody paw print? What a girnormous waste of time. Send David Bain back to jail!
clipped from www.stuff.co.nz

Forensic scientist Anna Sandiford has told the court David Bain could not have made bloodied foot prints of 280mm long found in the Bain house. Bain’s foot is 300mm long.

In cross-examination by Kieran Raftery for the Crown, defence expert Anna Sandiford said she had used David Bain as her model. He would have known what the evidence was all about, she agreed.

Removing a narrow strip from the toe and heel area of her prints, but still showing most of the heel and toes, brought the print size down to 280mm, she agreed.

She understood the Crown expert Peter Hentschel had measured the area of strongest luminescence and there may have been some fainter luminescence beyond the 280mm measured.

One of the lead detectives in the case has already told the court the footprint, measured at 280mm, found in the hallway of the Bain house, must have been made by the killer.

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