Ruby Schwartz
Ruby Schwartz is the Head of Investigative Podcasts for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Trial by Water
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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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‘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?
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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‘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.
- by Michael Bachelard, Ruby Schwartz and Nick McKenzie
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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”.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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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.
- by Michael Bachelard, Ruby Schwartz and Nick McKenzie
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‘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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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‘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.
- by Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie and Ruby Schwartz