Trial By Water,Episode 5:The ‘golden thread’

Trial By Water,Episode 5:The ‘golden thread’

Listen now to the final episode of the hit investigative podcast about the case of Robert Farquharson.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz

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‘I’m going to nail you for it’:Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?

‘I’m going to nail you for it’:Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?

Police need to focus their efforts,but what happens if they miss clues along the way?

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson

Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson

Experts question how the prosecution could have argued convicted child-killer Robert Farquharson was driven by revenge and not sought evidence to back that up.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Trial By Water,Episode 4:How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test

Trial By Water,Episode 4:How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test

In the story of Robert Farquharson there’s one thing that’s the hardest to understand.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 3

Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 3

Listen now to the third episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and why memory evidence can be particularly fraught in murder trials.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 2

Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 2

Listen now to the second episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and the serious questions about the science that helped convict him.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
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‘Fried noodles #23’:Witness’s new detail raises crucial question in Farquharson case

‘Fried noodles #23’:Witness’s new detail raises crucial question in Farquharson case

Dawn Waite’s evidence excited police,swayed Robert Farquharson’s ex-wife against him and was held to be crucial by the judge. But it might well have been impossible.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Ruby Schwartz andNick McKenzie
Trial By Water,Episode 1:Father’s Day

Trial By Water,Episode 1:Father’s Day

In a new podcast investigation,we explore why a growing number of experts believe the case against convicted child killer Robert Farquharson is “fundamentally flawed”.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Geoffrey’s killer cough put him in jail. A phone call to his brother got him out

Geoffrey’s killer cough put him in jail. A phone call to his brother got him out

The truck driver is not sure if convicted murderer Robert Farquharson is innocent – but he can see similarities with his own unjust imprisonment.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Ruby Schwartz andNick McKenzie
‘I want to believe he’s guilty,but I can’t’:Bryan lost his best friend when Farquharson drove into a dam

‘I want to believe he’s guilty,but I can’t’:Bryan lost his best friend when Farquharson drove into a dam

Bryan Kennedy was just seven years old when his friend Tyler died. He cannot bring himself to believe Tyler’s father,Robert Farquharson,intended to kill.

  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
‘It could be any of us’:Top scientists sound alarm over unreliable evidence

‘It could be any of us’:Top scientists sound alarm over unreliable evidence

The Australian Academy of Science chief is calling for law reform after questions were raised over Robert Farquharson’s case.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Nick McKenzie andRuby Schwartz