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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Amber Haigh murder trial hears police blinded by ‘presumption of guilt’ against Geeveses

Amber Haigh
Amber Haigh. The father of Haigh’s child, Robert Geeves, and his wife, Anne Geeves, are on trial for her alleged murder. Both have pleaded not guilty. Photograph: ODPP NSW

When Amber Haigh disappeared without trace in 2002, her family, friends, neighbours, even investigating police, were blinded by a “presumption of guilt” against the father of her child and his wife, a presumption for which there was “no evidence”, the New South Wales supreme court has heard.

Haigh, who had an intellectual disability, was 19 when she vanished from the NSW Riverina in June 2002, leaving behind her five-month-old son.

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