David Bain was interviewed by Justice Ian Binnie in July this year for a report, commissioned by the New Zealand Government, to determine whether Mr Bain deserved compensation following his acquittal in 2009 of murdering his family. Some of Mr Bain's answers relate to issues and events he has not previously spoken of publicly. Here are edited parts of the transcript from their interview.
The release of reports this week about David Bain's claim for compensation has laid bare arguments for and against. The former Dunedin man was convicted in 1995 of murdering his family and spent 13 years in jail before being acquitted in a 2009 retrial. Former Canadian judge Justice Ian Binnie, commissioned by the New Zealand Government to determine whether Mr Bain deserved compensation, found in the claimant's favour. But his 187-page report has been criticised by New Zealand lawyer Robert Fisher QC, who was asked by the Government to peer-review it. Below is a summary of both cases.
Regardless of how David Bain's claim for compensation has been handled, Cabinet's decision will be ''the end of the road'' in respect of the Bain murder case, a Dunedin law professor says.
The tangled decision on whether David Bain should receive compensation for the time he spent in prison is set to play out into next year, with no guarantee it will end there.
Justice Minister Judith Collins says she will release David Bain's controversial compensation claim report after lunch today.
Former Canadian judge Justice Ian Binnie revealed last night he identified the failure of the Crown to preserve evidence in the David Bain murder investigation as one of the ''extraordinary circumstances'' the Cabinet should take into account in considering Mr Bain's compensation claim.
The Justice Minister has concerns about the report she received three months ago dealing with David Bain's compensation claim.
David Bain is asking the Ombudsman to intervene in his claim for compensation to direct that Justice Minister Judith Collins release the confidential report by former Canadian judge Ian Binnie to him.
The Government has so far paid $400,000 to employ a Canadian judge to evaluate whether David Bain should receive compensation, Radio New Zealand reports.
A confidential report on former Dunedin man David Bain's claim for wrongful imprisonment concludes he is innocent of murdering his parents, brother and two sisters and recommends the Government pay him compensation.
Long-time David Bain supporter Joe Karam says he's not surprised by a judge's recommendation that Mr Bain receives Government compensation for being wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his parents, brother and two sisters.
The man charged with assessing David Bain's bid for compensation is in Dunedin.
The legal battle between David Bain supporter Joe Karam and the head of a protest group is continuing in court.
David Bain will next month get to voice his case for compensation for wrongful imprisonment to the judge assessing his claim.
Two former Dunedin detectives have been asked to appear before a retired judge as David Bain's compensation bid continues.
The defence of David Bain cost more than $3 million in legal aid, the highest for an individual in New Zealand.
David Bain spoke for the first time today at a public conference in Western Australia, saying he would never recover from the loss of his family and admitted he was still in counselling. "...
The men at the centre of two of New Zealand's most controversial murder cases went head-to-head on Sunday night TV - with big audiences on both free-to-air networks.
In a new television interview, David Bain has thanked his parents for an upbringing that allowed him to cope with the loss of his family, two murder trials and jail time.
Joe Karam has another book out on the Bain murders. And this time it's about guilt, not innocence, Mark Price reports.
