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The police have
appointed a detective superintendent to head an investigation into their
handling of the shooting of an Army cadet in 1981. A team is examining the
prosecution of senior cadet Andrew William Read, who killed Grant Bain at the
Waiouru Cadet School. Earlier intentions to
refer the case to the Police Complaints Authority fell through as it lacks
jurisdiction over events pre-dating 1988. Grant Bain, aged 17,
was shot in the neck after Read threatened him with an M-16 rifle. Read, also
17, was charged with careless use of a firearm causing death. The Bain family say
police and the Army conspired to cover up the death and they believe the
charge should have been manslaughter. Read received a $200
fine and 200 hours' community service. He died in a logging accident in 1998.
It is understood investigators have spoken to the Bains. |
