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A father convicted of murdering his three young sons is reportedly preparing a new legal appeal. Robert Farquharson’s car plunged into a dam at Winchelsea in southern Victoria on Father’s Day 2005. He swam free but his sons Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2, drowned. Farquharson had separated from the boys’ mother and was returning them home from an access visit. He was found guilty of their murder in 2007 before his conviction was quashed on appeal in December 2009.
Farquharson will base his latest appeal bid, scheduled for later this year, on Victorian laws introduced in 2019 that relate to new evidence that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the ABC reported on Thursday. He has always maintained his innocence and two doctors diagnosed him with cough syncope, a condition that causes a person to pass out after a coughing fit. That was contested by the prosecution and another medical expert who gave evidence in court.
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