A former police officer said today he thought it ''unusual'' a rifle magazine near the dead body of Robin Bain was sitting on its edge.
It ''stuck in my mind'', Kim Stephenson told the Christchurch jury hearing the retrial of David Bain in the High Court in Christchurch.
Bain (36) denies murdering his parents and three siblings at their Every St home on the morning of June 20, 1994.
Mr Stephenson, one of the first four officers to enter the house said he recalled shining his torch into the right hand front room and seeing the body of a man on the floor. There was blood around the head, some blood seepage and a rifle on the floor away from the body. Also on the floor was a live round and the rifle magazine sitting on its edge.
While two other officers were checking the rest of the house, Mr Stephenson said he moved far enough into the room to check behind some curtains. He saw a computer with its screen glowng.
He later asked one of the ambulance officers to check the body on the floor for any sign of life.
Earlier today, Sergeant Murray Stapp, told the court he and the other officers saw a psychiatrist after they returned from Every St.
It was police policy after such events for officers to have trauma counslling, Sgt Stapp told defence counsel Helen Cull QC on the fourth day of evidence in the 12-week trial.
