Not much is known about Robert Farquharson’s life behind bars.
For almost two decades the father of three, who was first convicted of murdering his sons Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2, in 2007, has been in a protection unit inside a maximum security prison, serving a life sentence with no minimum term.
Every request we’ve made to Corrections Victoria to interview Farquharson has been turned down, with the only insight into his day-to-day alongside serial killers and rapists being given by those close to him – Farquharson’s sister, Carmen Ross, and his proxies, astrophysicist Chris Brook and family friend Anne Irwin.
Brook, who lives in Spain’s Canary Islands, had not seen Farquharson since before COVID-19 until late February, when he walked into Barwon prison with questions we’d given him. In this new bonus episode of Trial By Water, we hear from Brook about what happened in the hour and a half he was behind those high concrete walls near Geelong.
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“He went in 15 years ago, and that’s, you know, he hasn’t been able to move on at all. So his mindset is just back then,” Brook tells the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz.
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“This thing still goes around in his head, and it’s the most horrific thing that can happen to anyone, losing their three kids. And so I’m just here to give some support and hopefully a little bit of hope.”
We also hear from family friend Anne Irwin, who has been one of Farquharson’s most tireless advocates and speaks with him on the phone almost daily alongside her monthly visits. The duo don’t discuss the case much, as it makes Farquharson anxious, especially with the danger of hope lurking.
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