Father convicted of murdering his three sons prepares new fight for freedom

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A Victorian begetter doubly recovered blameworthy of murdering his 3 sons is preparing a caller combat for state by utilizing caller laws introduced successful Victoria 4 years ago.

Robert Farquharson was convicted of sidesplitting his 3 sons, Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2, by driving them into a dam adjacent Winchelsea connected Father’s Day successful 2005.

Jai, 9, Bailey, 2, and Tyler Farquharson, 7, were killed aft their begetter Robert Farquharson drove his car into a dam.

Separate juries successful 2007 and 2010 recovered Farquharson blameworthy of murdering his children.

He appealed his archetypal condemnation successful 2007 due to the fact that constabulary had not disclosed applicable accusation astir a cardinal witnesser against him. The tribunal ordered a retrial earlier helium was recovered blameworthy again by a assemblage successful 2010. He was denied the accidental to entreaty his 2nd condemnation astatine the High Court successful 2013.

He is presently serving 33 years jailhouse successful Barwon prison’s extortion unit.

But the present 54-year-old has signed a caller lawyer who is preparing a caller bid for state nether caller Victorian laws passed successful 2019 that let a 2nd entreaty if determination is caller and compelling grounds that shows a important miscarriage of justness has occurred.

Robert Farquharson leaving the Supreme Court successful 2010.

The Age has confirmed that Farquharson’s lawyers are considering appealing connected a fig of grounds, including caller probe showing however a car sinks successful heavy water.

Farquharson’s solicitor, Luke McMahon, said: “We person the grounds we judge volition fulfill the standard”.

He said the entreaty would beryllium launched immoderate clip this twelvemonth but helium did not privation to spell retired what the elements of the lawsuit were astatine this stage.

“As it is with these cases, arsenic clip evolves, we collectively summation a amended knowing of some the subject and amended tools to beryllium capable to undertake investigation of the evidence,” McMahon said.

Tyler, Bailey and Jai drowned aft their begetter drove into a water astatine Winchelsea.

“Robert has always, consistently maintained his innocence. His communicative has not changed, truthful radical tin infer from that what they want.”

Asked wherefore determination should beryllium different entreaty aft 2 trials, 2 appeals and the High Court rejecting an exertion to perceive the case, helium said: “There are countless examples of miscarriages of justness wherever radical person exhausted their appeals. Appeal courts are mostly not a favourable spot to find justness for radical who’ve been wrongly convicted.”

At his 2nd assemblage proceedings successful 2010, the judge, Lex Lasry, said successful sentencing that: “The jury’s verdict makes it plain that they are satisfied beyond tenable uncertainty that erstwhile you near the conveyance you did truthful with the cognition and volition that your 3 children would beryllium drowned and they were. For them it indispensable person been a terrifying death.”

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