When David rang 111 he clearly said several times "they’re all dead, my family is all dead!".

However, when he made statements in the following days to the police he emphatically said on two separate occasions that he had only seen his mother and his father and that they were both dead.  Several months later, after sessions with a psychiatrist, [which he agreed started a day after the preliminary hearing in the case and at a time when he would have had access to copies of evidence in the case] he says he remembered going into the rooms of his brother and sisters and seeing their dead bodies before ringing 111.

David must have become aware of this evidence the police had against him including that he had been in Stephens’s room as Stephens blood was found on the clothes that he was wearing on the day of the murders. The fact that the police had this crucial evidence probably came as a surprise to David because David allegedly was asked a day or two after the murders by his then girlfriend, whose name was suppressed, if he had any blood on him, to which he said he didn't.  This is hardly surprising as the blood stains were quite small, and without his glasses he had little chance of being able to see them.

The evidence indicates that David has an unclear recollection of the truth.  Is this because he has something to hide, or can it be genuinely attributed to the shock and trauma of the day?  Given all the other evidence against David, it is more likely that he knew that all his family were dead because he had personally seen to it himself.

Below is the transcript of David's 111 call.

David- They’re all dead.

Ambulance officer- What’s the matter?

 David- They’re all dead’ I came home and they’re all dead.

 Ambulance officer- Where abouts are you?

 David- Every street 65 Every street, they’re all dead. 

Ambulance officer- Who’s all dead?

 David-My family’ they’re all dead’ hurry up!

 Ambulance officer- OK Every street’ that runs off Somerville street?

 David- Yes yes.

 Ambulance officer- The phone number you’re calling from?

 David- 4542527

 Ambulance officer-And your last name?

 David- Bain.

 Ambulance officer- OK were on our way’ OK Mr. Bain.

 David- Hurry up!

 Ambulance officer- Yea we will be there very shortly.

Following are the Actual questions in David’s statement that were asked by Detective Sergeant Gregory Dunne one day after the murders.

Question: Having had time to think about it, can you think if you went into Stephens room at all on Monday?

Answer: No

Question: How about Laniet’s room?

Answer: No

Question: Downstairs in Arawa’s room?

Answer: No.

Question: After checking your Mum and wanting to know how everybody else was, why didn’t you check on Stephen?

Answer: I don’t know I was calling my Dad because of a feeling of security, wanting someone who could deal with the situation.

Question: And are you positive you never went into any of the other rooms?

Answer: Yes

Question: Did you have any cuts on your hands on Monday?

Answer: No.

Question: How do you explain the 25 minutes in the house before you called the ambulance?

Answer: I don’t know, slow.

Question: Without harping on about it Dave, can you think of any reason why you said that your whole family had been killed to the 111 lady, when you had only seen or knew about Mum and Dad?

Answer: I don’t know.