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Police are disappointed at the not guilty verdict in David Bain's retrial, but say the accept the jury's decision.
The jury of five men and seven women returned five not guilty verdicts after six hours of deliberation, freeing David Bain, 37.
"We are disappointed with the outcome but accept the jury's decision," says Detective Superintendent Malcolm Burgess.
Over 55 days, evidence was heard from around 200 prosecution and defence witnesses . The defence maintained David's father Robin killed the family before turning the gun on himself but the prosecution said there was no forensic evidence to show Robin Bain was the killer.
Police are standing by the investigation they undertook in 1994 saying it was thorough and impartial.
"The material presented as evidence over the past few months is essentially the same material presented in the first trial," says Burgess.
Bain's supporters have long claimed that police bungled the scene examination, got critical timings wrong, made a premature arrest and that evidence was made to fit.
"As with all investigations, there are things we could do differently and things that we learn.
"However we need to remember these events happened in 1994. Procedures are different now - there is better forensic testing and improved investigation procedures for dealing with investigations," says Burgess.
