In the Robert Farquharson case there are six main strands of circumstantial evidence. I’ve investigated them all.
Did Robert Farquharson commit one of the most appalling crimes in Australian history, by deliberately driving his three sons into a dam on Father’s Day in 2005? Or has Australia once again wrongly imprisoned an innocent parent for the accidental death of their children?
At the heart of this story is a tragedy – the deaths of three young children. It devastated their families, and affected the whole community. But mourning those deaths shouldn’t prevent us from having a hard look at the evidence that saw their father convicted and sentenced to 33 years for the murder.This is called a “strands of the rope” case. That’s the legal term – it essentially means that no single strand is necessarily enough to convict somebody but woven together, they make a case that is strong enough. In the Farquharson case, there are six main strands of circumstantial evidence.
But new scientific evidence and reassessments of the evidence of some of the witnesses have thrown new light on all six strands, to the extent that it raises serious questions about whether they are sufficient, either individually or together, to convict a man.I find podcasting an extraordinary medium for telling this story. You’ve got length, you’ve got the ability to explore an issue from various sides.
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