Serious questions raised about the case of convicted triple murderer

Experts claim vital evidence used to convict Robert Farquharson of murdering his three young sons by driving his car into a dam and drowning them is shoddy and must be reassessed Synopsis The Science of Murder 2024 What are we to do when science reveals information we don t really want to know Block our ears and look away or confront it This is the challenge in the case of Robert Farquharson one of Australia s most despised criminals On Father s Day in 2005 supposedly in an act of revenge against his ex-wife he drowned their three young sons The little boys aged 10 seven and two were passengers in their father s car when he drove it into a dam At two trials Farquharson was convicted of murder for his crimes and sentenced to life in prison But now as Nick McKenzie reports new scientific evidence raises serious questions about what really happened

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