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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Amber Haigh trial unexpectedly delayed after murder accused too ill to attend court

Amber Haigh and her son, whose face is blurred, in an undated image
Amber Haigh went missing in 2002 when she was 19 years old. Robert and Anne Geeves have pleaded not guilty to her murder. Photograph: supplied

More than two decades after young mother Amber Haigh disappeared without trace, the long-delayed trial over her alleged murder has been further postponed, after one of the people accused of killing her was too ill to attend court.

Robert Samuel Geeves, 64, and Anne Margaret Geeves, 63, are accused of murdering their then 19-year-old housemate, Amber Haigh, sometime in 2002. They have pleaded not guilty.

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