STORY: "Blow for David Bain's legal team," published by One News on August 21, 2013.
GIST: "A hearing at the High Court in Auckland was held last month to determine whether Mr Bain's legal team should be granted access to 250 documents that it says contributed to the Minister's decision to review Justice Binnie's report. But in a decision released this evening, High Court judge Patrick Keane largely backed Judith Collins' view that the information is legally privileged. Justice Keane has ruled that most of the documents should not be released. "Finally, I conclude the documents for which the Minister has claimed the privilege of the Crown as a whole intelligibly attract that privilege, except at the periphery, and that will call for some further documents to be released," Justice Keane wrote. Mr Bain spent 13 years in jail before being found not guilty at a re-trial in 2009. The Bain team is seeking a judicial review of Ms Collins' handling of the compensation claim."
The entire story can be found at:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/blow-david-bain-s-legal-team-5538709
See also "Bain fingerprint results could be weeks away (APNZ: "Last week, Mr Karam said he was "very confident'' that the original fingerprints will show that there are no cuts on Robin Bain's thumb and forefinger where the black marks were. "The only proposition they've (the police) put forward so far is that they're cuts from rose bushes or something,'' he said. "Well, I can tell you now with a great deal of confidence, the fingerprints will not reveal any cut.'' The marks apparently went unnoticed for 19 years until TV's 3rd Degree revealed that a gun expert had re-examined photos of Robin Bain's hands, and said the marks matched those made by gunpowder residue when loading the magazine of a rifle shortly after it had been fired."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10911857
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