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Latest News on the Bain Case
- 11 August, 2010A musical on the life of David Bain may be aired on television. Oliver Driver is tipped to play the lead. Joe Karam is not impressed and has been quoted as sayig it would go down "like a cup of cold sick" and is talking to his lawyers. The show is tipped to screen on TV2's new satirical show Feedback.
- 6 August, 2010Michael Laws and Joe Karam held their debate on RadioLive on Friday 6 August. Also present was a crew from Campbell Live. You can see the TV replay here. The RadioLive podcast can be heard here. Note that the RadioLive podcast may not work in all browsers on all Operating Systems.
- 3 August, 2010Michael Laws and Joe Karam are scheduled to take part in a live debate on Friday 6 August at 9am on RadioLive. This debate will be on the Bain case. It should be interesting, since Michael Laws has been an outspoken critic of Karam's conclusions regarding the case.
- 25 July, 2010This is an update on the defamation suit between Joe Karam and two members of the Justice for Robin Bain group and regular posters at counterspin, whom he is suing, alongside TradeMe, for comments posted on their respective internet forums.
- 11 July, 2010Brian Edwards has given his opinion on the documentary and his review of the Close Up programme and the performance of Michael Reed on Close Up and Daryl Young in other media, including the court room.
- 9 July, 2010A South Island newspaper has been warned about the manner in which it approached a Bain juror. The paper denies any wrongdoing and claims it was a matter of "significant public interest".