Murderer's brother 'can't forgive just yet' for Parti Qubcois rally shooting

David and Robert Bain used to get together for weekend getaways at their brother Richard'slakeside cabin north of the city,but now they meet in a Montreal jail.

Last month, a jury found Richard Bain guilty of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder for the shooting at the Parti Qubcois provincial election-nightvictory rally. He is still to be sentenced for his crimes.

Bain, 66, is now incarcerated at the Rivire-des-Prairiesdetention centre.

"I hate going. But it's the way it is," brother David says.

Thecottage in La Conception, Que., has been sold, and now David and Robertmeet their younger brother ina crowded room atthe jail, with a glass partition dividing them.

In an exclusive interview withCBC News, David Bainsaid despite the events of Sept. 4, 2012 and how difficult it is to understand them Richard isstill his brother.

"What he did is bad. Very bad. But that should not define him," he says.

"It's just something in his mind just clicked,just went crazy."

Quebecers remember Richard Bain as the man dressed in a bathrobe and ski mask, who shouted in French: "The English are waking up!" while policeledhim away from the scene of the deadly shooting.

'I'm sorry for what my brother did'

DavidBainsayshe decided to speak out because he wants people to know that there's more to his brother than the events of that night.

"You know, 60-odd years all defined [by] a couple of hours," he says.

Richard Bainonly let off one shot outside the Parti Qubcois event before hisrifle jammed, but the singlebullet left DenisBlanchette, 48, deadand his colleague Dave Couragewith lifelong injurieshis internal organs were torn apart and his tailbone was shattered.

"I'm sorry. I feel sorry for them. If you could just go back and change things,"DavidBainsays.

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He's still struggling to come to terms with it all.

"I have to say [I] can't forgive just yet," he said."God's the one that does the forgiving.

"If it was the other way around, how would I feelif Richard was the worker there, and someone came and shot him? I don't know. It's something that everyone handles individually."

He wants Blanchette's family to know how sorry he is.

"How do you explain to a young girl what happened to daddy?"he says, referring to Blanchette's daughter, who was four at the time of the murder.

"What is she, eight years old now? She's got a whole lifetime ahead of her without having a dad."

He also had a message forCourage.

"From my part, I'm sorry for what my brother did. I just hope ... you do make a full recovery somewhere down the line and soon. I wish you the courage to cope with what's happened."

Being the brother of a killer

After he found out his brother was responsiblefor the election-night shooting, David Bain says he just wanted "to be a mushroom."

"I didn't want to show my face anywhere," he says.

He was afraid ofpeople recognizinghis now notorious last name andwhetherthey wouldthink of him as the "brother of the killer."

But he says people have been sympathetic.

"I haven't had any kind of negative backlash where they blame me. That's a good sign of human nature," he says.

David Bain, whodescribes himself as a law-and-ordertype,says he thinks the second-degree murder conviction is fair.

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Whether or not his brother was in his right mind the night of the murder, he says he should be held accountable.

"He's still mybrother and I still know him as a good person. In this case, he did something wrong. He's going to get punished for it ... He realizes that. He's accepted punishment, whatever it is."

A Quebec Superior Court justice is expected to hearsentencing arguments in Richard Bain's case on Sept. 9.