Robin Bain

A defense expert is presenting a new angle in the experiment suggests Bain Robin Bain had killed himself by holding the weapon up to 22 cm from the head.

Robin Bain's son David is the murder of five members of his family accused June 20, 1994th The defense argues that the real culprit was Robin said that his family and killed himself. Robin was shot in the head.

To impose Philip Boyce, UK specialist in forensic firearms, gun in the assassination of the Supreme Court in Christchurch today used to show the jury how a construction person Robin Bain could have added weapons suffered fatal injuries to Robin.

He said he believed that Robin has probably committed suicide because of the ease with which they come to activate the weapon to inflict harm, and he believes the injury may be a contact or close contact.

However, Boyce said Robin Bain test the weapon could have kept take up to 22 cm from head to his own life.

Several experts said the Crown Robin fired at a distance of more than 20 cm away from the support of the crown, which David hid behind the curtains of the room where Robin was found dead and shot him from d 'a short distance.

Boyce argument that new media may make a further proof that the court tomorrow. The jury will be asked to be the rifle in the jury room, but it is expected that the reconstructions can with a gun to those who bear witness to leave.

In other responses to the Crown counsel Robin Bates, Boyce found a simple way to kill that the method of Robin Bain was taken. Also a contact wound, "he said, does not rule out the possibility of homicide.

It was a suicide?

All positions were Robin Bain could easily reach the trigger, "said Boyce, adding that the arm is shorter than the Robin Bain.

For the demonstration, a special hat, combined with a bar, to reproduce the trajectory of the bullet in the head by Robin.

The photographs show the body of Robin Bain in the living room bathroom, Boyce said that the position of the body of Robin with the position of the perpetrators of suicide attacks that has already been shown to be consistent. The same applies where the weapon was found true, he said.

Robin, the head injury were not more likely to have a gun struck in the head or close to it. The suicide rate shows the gunshot wound was a gunshot wound that had close contact probably self-inflicted, "he said.

Boyce said he had carried out a series of tests to prove that someone might kill himself with a shotgun and monitoring of the wound and Robin Bain. He used a colleague as a model and put in different poses, so they can reach the trigger.