PCA Report paragraph 236 (d). Title from David and Goliath p202.

236 d) Mr Karam refers to a similar disclosure made by Laniet to a PhD student. She allegedly said to the student. "I want to shift back home but I don't know if Mum will let me because I've fallen out with her. But I can't stand what Dad's doing to me any longer". This was in turn passed onto Mr Karam by the student.

The PhD student, who attended Otago University at the time, has been interviewed. He knew David Bain well, Laniet and Arawa fairly well, and had briefly met the other members of the Bain family. He met David during an opera company performance in 1992 and afterwards they performed in a number of shows together. He considered David a good friend.

On 27 May 1994, the student met Laniet at the University cafe. She appeared agitated and wanted to contact David. He recalls she said "she couldn't live with him anymore," and "wanted to move back home". Laniet indicated to him she did not want to talk about the matter and he did not know who she was referring to but he inferred it to be her father. The student is certain she did not actually mention her father and did not indicate the remark was about her father. She did not mention to him any sexual relationship that may have been occurring between herself and her father.

He is adamant the comment in Karam's book "but I can't stand what Dad's doing to me any longer" is not correct. He says this was not the comment made to him by Laniet.