Police claimed Anne Geeves was the ‘mastermind’ in the alleged murder of Amber Haigh, court hears

Amber Haigh was 19 when she vanished in 2002, leaving behind her five-month-old son. Robert Geeves, and his wife, Anne Geeves, have pleaded not guilty to her murder. Photograph: ODPP NSW

Police believed Anne Geeves was the “mastermind” in the murder of Amber Haigh, who was exploited to bear a baby for Anne and her husband before being killed, the New South Wales supreme court has heard.

Haigh was 19 when she vanished without trace from the NSW Riverina in June 2002, leaving behind her five-month-old son.