I was Lindy Chamberlain’s lawyer. Her case is eerily similar to Robert Farquharson’s

I was Lindy Chamberlain’s lawyer. Her case is eerily similar to Robert Farquharson’s

For four decades,I have seen junk science and biases based on the behaviour of an accused playing a substantial role in police investigations,prosecutions and juries.

  • byStuart Tipple

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A lockdown project and a fallen tree:Gregory Lynn’s sliding doors moments

A lockdown project and a fallen tree:Gregory Lynn’s sliding doors moments

If Gregory Lynn had not kept bees or if a road that crossed the Wonnangatta River was not blocked on the fateful evening,a cool-headed pilot might have got away with murder.

  • byJohn Silvester andErin Pearson
Staged suicide? Push for coroner to reopen inquest into death of Gregory Lynn’s first wife

Staged suicide? Push for coroner to reopen inquest into death of Gregory Lynn’s first wife

A new witness and allegations of threats and abuse have been uncovered after police reviewed the 1999 death of Lisa Lynn.

  • byJohn Silvester
Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link
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Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link

Later on Tuesday,another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.

  • byMelissa Cunningham,David Estcourt,Wendy Tuohy andLachlan Abbott
‘Difficult to see why it’s happened’:Two dead,nine injured in minibus crash
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Tragedy

‘Difficult to see why it’s happened’:Two dead,nine injured in minibus crash

Police said a bus travelling on the Calder Highway near Mildura rolled and crashed into a tree on Tuesday,killing two and leaving a passenger with critical injuries.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Six thousand litres of diesel floods Melbourne high-rise tower

Six thousand litres of diesel floods Melbourne high-rise tower

Diesel fuel dripped through ceilings at the 15 William Street building in the CBD on Tuesday.

  • byLachlan Abbott
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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
Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’,police allege

Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’,police allege

Police say Maytham Hamad – the brother of ruthless Melbourne organised-crime kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad – is ‘a high-level co-ordinator of violence’.

  • byLachlan Abbott andRebecca Peppiatt
Two people found dead on walking track near Great Ocean Road
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Two people found dead on walking track near Great Ocean Road

A passerby found the bodies of a man and a woman on a walking track near Wreck Beach. Police later said they were not treating either death as suspicious.

  • byAlex Crowe andLachlan Abbott
He was a rising star in the police force,then it all came tumbling down
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Naked City

He was a rising star in the police force,then it all came tumbling down

Making his mark catching crooks came at a heavy cost for Tim Peck,who ignored the warning signs until he crashed into them.

  • byJohn Silvester
Man refused bail after woman allegedly kidnapped,sexually assaulted and extorted for $300,000

Man refused bail after woman allegedly kidnapped,sexually assaulted and extorted for $300,000

Yanyu Mu,29,has been accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney’s north-west before threatening to release photographs of the attack unless she paid $300,000.

  • byDaniella White