David Bain retrial gallery

CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Michael Reed during his closing address for the defence.

FULL ATTENTION: David Bain listens to closing arguments for the defence.

THE JUDGE: Justice Pankhurst.

BAIN SUPPORTER: Joe Karam listens as Michael Reed, QC, closes the defence.

APPEARING FOR THE PROSECUTION: Crown prosecutor Kieran Raftery addresses the Bain murder trial.

SUICIDE BID: Philip Boyce shows how Robin Bain could have shot himself.

MALIN STONE: Said he and Robin had done much together as principals before Robin was killed on 20 June, 1994.

'COVERED IN BLOOD': Fingerprint officer Kim Jones shows the court the location of fingerprints he found on the silencer of the rifle used in the murders.

COLLEAGUE: Christine Harrex, a reliever at the Taieri Beach School, where Robin Bain was principal, said Robin had done many good things for the children at the school.

DARLENE THOMPSON: Robin Bain's former fellow teacher at his country school.

MORE EVIDENCE: Professor James Ferris, a retired forensic pathologist now living in Auckland, told the High Court in Christchurch the bullet entering Laniet’s cheek had not damaged her brain.

PATHOLOGIST: Ken Thompson.

UNUSUAL? Pathologist Alexander Dempster demonstrating to the court how Robin Bain might have held the rifle if he shot himself.

PATHOLOGIST: Dr Alexander Dempster.

BLOODY SPATTER: Former ESR forensic scientist Peter Cropp told the court he initially examined the curtain in 1994 and found nine spots of blood on it.

PETER HENTSCHEL: Cross-examinedon the murder weapon, a .22 rifle belonging to David Bain.

PETER HENTSCHEL: The retired ESR forensic scientist told the court bloodied footprints made by the killer of the Bain family implicated David Bain as the gunman.

MILTON WEIR: The former Detective Sergeant said getting plastic down on the floor of the Bain house was more important that getting a pathologist to inspect the bodies of the Bain family.

BULLSEYE TARGET: Detective Jacques Legros told the trial of a bullseye target found in Robin Bain's van. The court heard the target was not photographed or seized for evidence.

DETECTIVE MARK LODGE: Noted that the father, Robin Bain - lying dead next to a .22 rifle in the front lounge - had a smear of blood on the heel of his left thumb, a small smear on the outside of the little finger of his left hand, and abrasions on both hands.

MACHINE MYSTERY: Washing machine repairer David Preston, who operated the machine during the tests, said the cycle was much longer than he expected because the pipe feeding to the machine was half rusted shut.

ANDERSON: Former detective sergeant Kevin Anderson, who was in charge of searching the Bain lounge, disputed the recorded location of a bone fragment.

HAYLEY STEWART: The constable in charge of Laniet Bain's body.

SENIOR SERGEANT GAVIN BRIGGS: One of the policemen assigned to Arawa Bain's bedroom in the house at Every Street, Dunedin, where five bodies were found.

KEVIN ANDERSON: Told the court attempts to save the message on the Bain familty computer which read 'Sorry you are the only one who deserved to stay'

HORROR DETAILS: David Bain reacts as video footage from the scene at the Bain household on the morning of his family's murder is shown to the court.

LEAD DETECTIVE: Milton Weir, the lead detective in charge of the murder scene, described to the court video of the Bain household as police found it.

BAIN FIT: Ambulance officer Raymond Anderson has been giving evidence to the Christchurch High Court.

TESTIMONY: Ambulance Officer Craig Wombwell told the court that David Bain's apparent fit on the morning of his family's murder was unusual.

JOHN DICK: The ambulance officer said conversations with David Bain were 'out-of-context' and 'mixed-up'.

CONSTABLE LESLIE ANDREW: Part of the police team to first arrive at the Bain home.

GIVING EVIDENCE: Constable Wyllie sat with a "near-hysterical'' David Bain on the morning of his family's murder.

UNDER SCRUTINY: James Doyle, the Police officer second in charge of the Bain inquiry being questioned.

ALL OVER AGAIN: David Bain in court.

Michael Reed QC, leading David bain's defence.

DEFENCE: Helen Cull QC, one of David Bain's defence team.

UNDER SCRUTINY: David Bain in court.

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT: Joe Karam gives David a pep talk as he stands in the dock.

LENGTHY PROCESS: Judge Graham Panckhurst in court on the first day of David Bain's retrial at the Christchurch High Court. It is thought the retrial could take up to three months.

LEGAL EAGLES: Crown Prosecutors Cameron Mander and Kieran Raftery on the opening day of the retrial of David Bain at the Christchurch High Court.

LENDING HIS SUPPORT: Arthur Allen Thomas arrives at the Christchurch High Court on the first day of David Bain's retrial.

BACK TO THE START: David Bain with his supporters and legal team arrive at the High Court at Christchurch on the first day of his retrial.

FACING THE MEDIA SCRUM: David Bain with Joe Karam and his team are surrounded by media as they arrive at the Christchurch High Court on the first day of the retrial.

BACK TO THE START: David Bain with his supporters and legal team arrive at the High Court at Christchurch on the first day of his retrial.