Holmes - Joe Karam and James McNeish on David Bain

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Holmes - Joe Karam and James McNeish on David Bain

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In May 1995, 22-year old David Bain was convicted of murdering five members of his family with a rifle in their Dunedin home. Bain would spend over a decade in prison before being acquitted on all charges. National debate around the 1995 verdict was galvanised by the release of two conflicting books on the case — Joe Karam’s David and Goliath and James McNeish’s The Mask of Sanity. The former All Black and the writer go head-to-head in this often testy Holmes debate from 1997. Ten years later...

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1997

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/holmes-karam-and-mcneish-on-bain-1997

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david bain / james mcneish / joe karam / paul holmes / david and goliath / mask of sanity / bain murders / crime / justice / live debate / david & goliath

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