Bonus Episode: The Psych Report

About this episode

The episode discusses a psychological report related to Robert Farquharson's case and its implications on the evidence against him.

When we first released this podcast, we found a gaping hole in the evidence against Robert Farquharson. It seemed like nobody had done a psychological evaluation of a man who was said to have murdered his three sons out of a desire for revenge. But now, a Freedom of Information request we submitted to police has come back. It turns out there was a psychological report -- of sorts. So what did it say? And what was its effect on the case? Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• psychological evaluation
• murder case
• evidence
• Freedom of Information
• legal analysis

Keywords

• Robert Farquharson
• psychological report
• murder
• evidence
• Freedom of Information

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, police

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