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A Dutch court is set to hand down its verdict in the MH17 trial. Australian families will be there to witness it

For Jon and Meryn O'Brien, life changed immeasurably in July 2014, when the incomprehensible happened.

The O'Briens' 25-year-old son Jack was heading home to Sydney from a seven-week tour of Europe when the Malaysia Airlines flight he was travelling on was shot down.

Eight years on, his parents say rationally they know what happened, but still can't quite believe it.

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