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TVNZ - Closeup
December 1 2005
Cadet's family speak of loss
It's taken almost a quarter
of a century for the Bain family of Te Awamutu to get some answers about the
death of their brother and son.
Back in 1981 Grant Bain
joined the army to become a man. He was just 17 and wanted a career in the
army. But he survived only 25 days at the Waiouru Cadet School.
He was killed in his army
bedroom by senior cadet corp Andrew Reid who had stolen live ammo from the
range and was fooling around with an M16.
On Thursday the Bains got
some answers with the publication of a 141 page independent review from retired
High Court judge David Morris.
The review found that
mistakes were made in the inquiry into Grant's death.
Instead of Read being
charged with careless use of a firearm, the inquiry has found he should have
been charged with manslaughter. But it found there was no collusion between the
army and the police over the charge.
The inquiry says closer
supervision of read could have prevented Bain's death.
It's also concluded that bullying
took place at the cadet school but there was no culture of violence.
The Bain family have
never forgotten, nor been able to forgive, the way the whole matter of Grant's
death was dealt with.
All they ever wanted was
justice that might have enabled them to put Grant's spirit to rest.