tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post1646904289773290482..comments2024-03-16T13:19:24.738+13:00Comments on Mike Crowl's Random Notes: The David Bain case is not finished yetMike Crowlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post-67113385787043911692008-09-02T11:21:00.000+12:002008-09-02T11:21:00.000+12:00The police have been pilloried unnecessarily for a...The police have been pilloried unnecessarily for a variety of issues related to the Bain case. It was only four years or so prior to the Bain murders that they were dealing with Aramoana, also unprecedented. In that case the Gray (?)house was burnt down unlawfully. Far better then to burn the Bain house down in controlled circumstances before it was done by some nutter or ghoul. Nothing sinister in that and the place was a tip in any case. I'm glad you agree David was a capable amateur actor, he thought so himself, but not enough so as to be able to fool the police. Unlike many who have leapt to Bain's defence, and I also knew the family but only in passing, I have discussed the case with many professional, knowledgeable people (including those intimately involved) and read widely. Of course David is happy, he's hoping he can start life afresh without his immediate family to bother him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post-641086167583727572008-08-26T20:43:00.000+12:002008-08-26T20:43:00.000+12:00It is odd that the police allowed the house to be ...It <I>is</I> odd that the police allowed the house to be burnt down. This was a crime scene, and any further evidence that might have been garnered was destroyed as a result. <BR/>As for David being a capable amateur actor; he was involved in singing groups mostly, some of whom performed musical theatre: not normally the place in which great acting takes place. <BR/>So apart from McNeish's book, what other evidence do you have for your convictions about David Bain?Mike Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post-46777731606980285142008-08-26T13:32:00.000+12:002008-08-26T13:32:00.000+12:00McNeish sat through the trial and with the reporte...McNeish sat through the trial and with the reporters covering the trial. At least his book wasn't akin to criticising a restaurant by reading the menu as was Karam's. David was a very capable amateur actor and yes, he has had people fooled people for a long time, like many before and after him. He doesn't seem to have fooled his relatives though, they've remained, perhaps not unremarkably, silent. It isn't odd that the police allowed the house to be burned down, it was a health risk apart from anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post-90413435538502118362008-08-26T09:19:00.000+12:002008-08-26T09:19:00.000+12:00I think McNeish's book has long since been discred...I think McNeish's book has long since been discredited as being biased. As for people being frightened of their own dark side, I think this is a fairly simplistic way of saying David must have done it. <BR/>I have family who knew David Bain, went to school with his brothers and sisters. He must have been an extremely capable schizophrenic to have fooled so many people for so long. <BR/>Which I don't believe he was.Mike Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15184606.post-40255186685469755292008-08-26T00:32:00.000+12:002008-08-26T00:32:00.000+12:00David Bain did it. Ask anyone who sat through the ...David Bain did it. Ask anyone who sat through the trial. James McNeish did and his book is very comprehensively researched. David lived two very different lives and he couldn't equate the two, so he destroyed the one that didn't fit with his 'new' lifestyle. Children who murder their family are not as uncommon as people like to think. People who say 'David' didn't do it' are frightened by their own dark side and the fact that given the right circumstances they could and would do exactly the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com