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Joe Karam's defamation case against two Justice for Bain members opened in the High Court at Auckland today.

Joe Karam's defamation case against two Justice for Robin Bain members, heads to the High Court in Auckland today.

Police doubt marks seen on the fingerprints of Robin Bain are the result of him having loaded a gun before his death - but his biggest supporter rubbishes that.

Fingerprint and firearms experts have rejected claims Robin Bain had gunpowder marks on his fingers, police say.

A man who raised questions over marks found on Robin Bain's thumb is calling for police to investigate potentially "significant" other markings.

No cuts or marks were noted on Robin Bain's hands following his death because there were no cuts or marks, says the Dunedin pathologist who examined his body.

David Bain has been denied access to documents linked to a report into compensation for wrongful imprisonment.

"We won't have any answers by the end of the day." Police play down the likelihood of results from a re-examination of Robin Bain's fingerprints and rifle testing.

Police will tomorrow examine the original fingerprints taken from Robin Bain's body and test the firearm that was used to kill him and most of his family in 1994.

New tests will be carried out by police and forensic scientists on the gun used in the Bain family murders next week.

Justice Minister Judith Collins' staff sought to stop a judge appointed to independently review David Bain's compensation case from "going completely feral".

David Bain does not know whether to laugh or cry about so-called "new" evidence said to clear him of murdering his family but which went unnoticed 19 years.

David Bain supporter Joe Karam says a second set of photos of Robin Bain's thumb support the theory that the sooty parallel marks were from gunpowder residue.

Robin Bain supporters have filed a complaint with TV3 about a television show claiming re-examined evidence could clear his son David of the family's murders.

Judith Collins compiled a 34-point list of issues attacking the case for David Bain's innocence and sent it to the former High Court judge reviewing the case.

Police have dismissed the Bain case "slam dunk" as an "interesting theory" which has been taken out of context.

Police have responded to new evidence that suggests Robin Bain murdered his family, saying marks on a photograph "can always be open to interpretation".

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It was probable David Bain was innocent, retired Canadian Justice Ian Binnie found.

Two small marks on Robin Bain's thumb suggest that he, and not his son David, was the person who loaded the gun that killed his Dunedin family.

New evidence has emerged pointing strongly to Robin Bain being the murderer of his wife and three of their children, a television documentary has claimed.

A defamation case by David Bain advocate Joe Karam against two Justice for Robin Bain members has been set for later this year.

The Crown is "acting vindictively" in its bid to shift David Bain's case against Justice Minister Judith Collins to Wellington, a court has heard.

The cabinet has delayed its decision on what to do next in the David Bain compensation claim at his request, Justice Minister Judith Collins said today.

Joe Karam has compared Justice Minister Judith Collins to the KGB by "secretly" commissioning a peer review into Mr Bain's commission recommendation.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has warned that any decision on compensation for David Bain will be delayed even longer now he has filed a judicial review of her actions.