Australian couple acquitted in murder of teen mother Amber Haigh Robert and Anne Geeves, both 64, were accused of killing Haigh to take her five-month-old baby The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2024
Amber Haigh murder trial: how a ‘red herring’ witness and poor policing hampered the hunt for answers Haigh never found the ‘love and solace’ she wanted. Twenty years after her disappearance, her family are left with questions The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2024
Robert and Anne Geeves found not guilty of murder of missing teenager Amber Haigh Family members of Haigh, who was 19 when she disappeared, were seen in tears outside the court after the not guilty verdict was handed down The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2024
Was Amber Haigh murdered? More than 20 years on, a judgment will be delivered The nine-week trial of Robert and Anne Geeves, accused of killing teenager Amber Haigh in 2002, comes to an end on Monday The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024
‘She should be alive but she’s not’: judgment looms in Amber Haigh trial decades in the making Amber Haigh was 19 when she vanished in 2002. A murder trial has heard how her life was marked by instability and vulnerability The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2024
Amber Haigh murder trial hears police blinded by ‘presumption of guilt’ against Geeveses Defence counsel makes closing submissions to two-month trial in supreme court in Wagga Wagga The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2024
Morning Mail: woman charged with 10-year-old’s murder, Naplan results ‘disappointing’, local B-girls speak out over Raygun Naplan results show students ‘falling through cracks’ as Australia lags behind England and Canada; Australian B-girls ‘in tears’ over Raygun’s Olympics performance The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2024
Murder-accused couple spoke about Amber Haigh in the past tense to police, prosecutors allege Crown alleges in closing statement Robert and Anne Geeves acted like teen was already dead when she was still considered missing The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2024
Amber Haigh’s body may have been put in Pajero and dumped on way to train station, murder trial hears Robert and Anne Geeves are accused by the prosecution of conspiring to deliberately impregnate the teenager so they could take her baby. They deny the accusations and have pleaded not guilty The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2024
Morning Mail: curtain falls on Paris Olympics, Amber Haigh’s notebook revealed, helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel Australian athletes add Olympic medals on final day; Amber Haigh lonely and hurt before disappearance The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2024
Notebook Amber Haigh left behind reveals loneliness and hurt in final days before disappearance Police believed woman didn’t understand ‘the gravity of the situation’ and health workers worried she and her baby were not safe The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2024
When Amber Haigh vanished, police planted listening devices in home of murder accused. This is what they heard Robert and Anne Geeves recorded discussing how investigating police ‘can’t find nothing’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2024
Morning Mail: photo finish in dramatic 100m sprint, scrutiny for ‘experimental’ implant, UK far-right riots continue More medals for Australia on final night of swimming in Paris The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2024
Police allege couple murdered Amber Haigh and used pigs to dispose of body, court hears Robert Geeves, who has pleaded not guilty, was accused of calling eight neighbours in just 90 minutes seeking permission to access their land, murder trial hears The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2024
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The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2024 Amber Haigh’s crying baby was cuddled and consoled by Anne Geeves during police interview, court hears When detectives asked Anne Geeves, who has pleaded not guilty to her murder, if she had caused harm to missing teenage mother, she swore ‘on the baby’s grave’ she’d done nothing wrong
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2024 Amber Haigh and Robert Geeves signed agreement he would not take her baby days before birth, court told Murder trial hears that Haigh promised in exchange not to allow her extended family ‘anywhere near’ the baby
The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2024 Couple accused of murdering Amber Haigh gave differing accounts of final car journey with her, court hears Robert and Anne Geeves gave inconsistent details to police about their alleged last trip with the 19-year-old
The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2024 Police claimed Anne Geeves was the ‘mastermind’ in the alleged murder of Amber Haigh, court hears Detective in charge of investigating Haigh’s disappearance told the court he regarded the case as a potential murder almost ‘from the outset’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2024 Amber Haigh murder trial: CCTV with potential vital clues lost forever, court hears Robert Geeves, who is accused of teenage mother’s murder, waited 14 days to report her missing, court hears
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The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2024 Amber Haigh said she was tied up by Robert Geeves and questioned about other relationships during sex, murder trial told Paul Harding tells court Haigh had recalled to him having her hands tied ‘together at the wrist’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024 One of last people to see Amber Haigh may have estimated date of sighting from news report, court hears James Arber tells murder trial he saw Robert and Anne Geeves leaving in a car with the 19-year-old and her baby
The Guardian - AU · Jul 16, 2024 Man accused of murdering Amber Haigh ‘resigned’ to losing custody of her baby after disappearance, court hears Robert Geeves was trying to ‘be strong’ after 19-year-old who he fathered a baby with went missing, murder trial hears
The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2024 ‘Incident of extreme violence’ on Geeves property made child protection workers worried for Amber Haigh and her son, court hears Police files document that a former partner was found to have died from a gunshot wound on his property, court has heard