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The jury in the David Bain murder retrial has been told that the
accused hated his father.
The evidence came from one of his aunts.
And that same witness also said David Bain had planned his family's funeral, including music and what clothes they would be wearing.
It was a funeral for five and according to David Bain's aunt, Valerie Boyd, he had planned it within days of them dying.
"There was to be person to do a tribute for each person. He knew exactly who it was to be. And the music it was to be and the flowers to go on the coffins, and it was all done," said Boyd.
Bain is accused of murdering his family in Dunedin back in 1994, the witness saying he even decided on clothes.
"He wanted Arawa to wear a particular gown and a super bra,"
said Boyd.
"He'd chosen 'Who wants to Live Forever' for Laniet, which I
thought was completely in-appropriate."
They also talked about his father, Robin Bain.
"He talked about that he hated his father. He said he was sneaky, used to listen into conversations that had nothing to do with him," said Boyd.
Boyd was asked did David Bain say why apart from that he hated his father.
She replied he said they they didn't want him there.
Also giving evidence was Robin Bain's brother, Michael Bain, who asked his nephew if he was the killer.
"He didn't say he did it. He did not say he didn't do it. The words that he used from memory were 'I've told my side of it to the police and I'll stick to that,'" said Michael Bain.
And he denied suggestions from the defence that he was giving police information from David to protect his brother. The defence put it to the witness that it was his brother and he didn't want him accused of murder.
"I didn't want any member of the family accused of murder," Michael Bain replied.
The defence suggested Michael Bain was distressed at the thought it may be Robin.
"I'm distressed at the thought it might be David," Michael Bain replied.
Earlier evidence
Michael Bain began his testimony in the retrial of David Bain on Wednesday afternoon.
He was asked to describe his brother, and did so by telling of a man who was gentle, wise, steady, full of humour, and never lost his temper.
He told of an occasion about six months before the murders when they got together with a third brother and painted their mother's house.
Michael Bain said Robin was in good spirits, making jokes - but did say something like "well here we go again" as he boarded the plane to go home.
Michael Bain was one of the family members who made the decision to burn the Bain house down.
Another uncle, John Boyd, told the court they thought it was a fire hazard, were worried about people poking around it, and found the land was valued more without the house on it.
Bain's defence counsel say vital evidence was destroyed as a consequence.
The court also heard from a prison officer who noted scratch marks on Bain's upper body when he strip searched him.
He stuck by his memory even after defence lawyer Michael Reed said the doctor who examined him on the day of the deaths didn't note such injuries.
