1 00:01:56,825 --> 00:01:59,953 This is a true story. 2 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:06,210 It began in August 1980 at Mt Isa in the Australian state of Queensland. 3 00:02:18,389 --> 00:02:22,185 Our pastor Michael and his wife Lindy stand before you today 4 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:25,188 with their two boys, Aidan and Reagan, 5 00:02:25,313 --> 00:02:28,650 with their new little daughter and baby sister 6 00:02:28,775 --> 00:02:34,698 Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain, 7 00:02:34,823 --> 00:02:39,870 who you have lent us, Lord, and we’re here to dedicate her life back to you. 8 00:02:39,995 --> 00:02:42,790 We would ask the family and friends and congregation 9 00:02:42,915 --> 00:02:47,545 to stand and promise to set a proper example for this child as she grows up. 10 00:02:50,131 --> 00:02:52,842 (truck horn) 11 00:02:54,636 --> 00:02:57,139 All clear to the church, mate. 12 00:02:57,264 --> 00:03:01,101 Jesus! Have a look at those fucking Adventists! 13 00:03:01,226 --> 00:03:02,728 Talk about up yourself. 14 00:03:02,853 --> 00:03:06,357 Money, mate. More than you can poke a fuckin’ stick at! 15 00:03:06,482 --> 00:03:08,526 (truck horn) 16 00:03:21,081 --> 00:03:26,503 I think this’ll fit you in about two months’ time. Yes, it will. 17 00:03:26,628 --> 00:03:29,298 - "(woman)" Hello? - In here, Jenny. 18 00:03:31,425 --> 00:03:34,178 - I’ve finished it. - Oh, it’s pretty. 19 00:03:34,303 --> 00:03:36,514 - Thank you. - Thought I’d help you pack. 20 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:39,601 Oh. Well, I’m pretty much ready. 21 00:03:39,726 --> 00:03:42,604 Black? Oh, yuck! 22 00:03:42,729 --> 00:03:45,941 - That was my baby dress. - Was it, darling? 23 00:03:46,066 --> 00:03:48,777 Yes. I like black. 24 00:03:49,486 --> 00:03:53,365 You may not believe that your body is a temple of God. 25 00:03:53,490 --> 00:03:57,703 But tonight we face not a belief, but a fact. 26 00:03:57,828 --> 00:04:02,125 The fact is that your body is the only body that you will ever own. 27 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,295 I want you to throw away your cigarettes, 28 00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:08,298 your pipes, your tobacco, your cigars, 29 00:04:08,423 --> 00:04:10,884 before they throw you away. 30 00:04:13,512 --> 00:04:15,555 (giggling) 31 00:04:19,685 --> 00:04:21,770 Hi, honey. 32 00:04:21,896 --> 00:04:25,066 - How are you? - I got everything done. 33 00:04:26,692 --> 00:04:29,862 I recorded six weeks of programmes, saw everyone I had to see. 34 00:04:29,987 --> 00:04:32,782 I finished my counselling. Just. 35 00:04:33,575 --> 00:04:35,869 Did you post my study leave application? 36 00:04:35,994 --> 00:04:38,455 - Yes, I did. - Good. 37 00:04:42,751 --> 00:04:46,880 I think it’s time we started our holidays, don’t you? 38 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:50,468 This is where we are, here. 39 00:04:50,593 --> 00:04:52,970 Where do Gran and Grandad live? 40 00:04:53,095 --> 00:04:55,056 They live down here. 41 00:04:55,181 --> 00:04:57,642 This is where we lived last year, near Cairns. 42 00:04:57,767 --> 00:05:01,980 Right up in the north is where you catch the biggest barramundi in the world, 43 00:05:02,105 --> 00:05:06,401 which is where Daddy wanted to go on holiday, but your mother had other plans. 44 00:05:06,526 --> 00:05:08,820 What’s a barramundi? 45 00:05:08,946 --> 00:05:11,031 A fish dinner for 12. 46 00:05:11,156 --> 00:05:13,242 Not the ones your father catches! 47 00:05:13,367 --> 00:05:17,413 Now, now! And this is where we’re going, down here. 48 00:05:17,538 --> 00:05:21,417 Devils Marbles, the Olgas and Ayers Rock. 49 00:05:21,542 --> 00:05:24,838 - The biggest rock in the world. - "(boys)" Wow! 50 00:05:45,151 --> 00:05:47,195 Come on, boys. 51 00:05:48,154 --> 00:05:50,198 Come on! 52 00:05:55,579 --> 00:05:57,789 Tell me what’s in that cave up there. 53 00:05:57,914 --> 00:06:00,042 Be careful. 54 00:06:01,251 --> 00:06:03,879 Ooh! Look at that! 55 00:06:04,004 --> 00:06:05,923 Yeah, a dingo. 56 00:06:06,048 --> 00:06:08,217 Kids, come and have a look. 57 00:06:08,342 --> 00:06:10,595 Michael, look. 58 00:06:11,429 --> 00:06:13,931 "(Lindy)" So he climbed up on his camel. 59 00:06:14,057 --> 00:06:16,809 - Hello! - Hello! 60 00:06:16,935 --> 00:06:20,647 We all went riding round the ring, and my camel went... "(blows raspberry)" 61 00:06:20,772 --> 00:06:24,025 And his camel went... "(blows raspberries)" 62 00:06:24,151 --> 00:06:26,486 (giggling) 63 00:06:31,033 --> 00:06:33,577 "(man)" You wouldn’t get me up there. 64 00:06:34,245 --> 00:06:37,874 - Have you been up? - Are you mad?! Look at that bloke! 65 00:06:37,999 --> 00:06:43,505 - He’s keen! Do you reckon he’ll make it? - "(woman)" Not if he drinks that six-pack. 66 00:06:43,630 --> 00:06:45,674 Oh, look at this idiot! 67 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:50,178 Talk about stupid! 68 00:06:50,303 --> 00:06:52,890 What a nut! 69 00:06:53,015 --> 00:06:54,808 That’s my husband. 70 00:06:57,770 --> 00:07:00,397 He wouldn’t be doing that unless it was safe. 71 00:07:01,607 --> 00:07:05,069 Over here, bubby. That’s beautiful. 72 00:07:05,194 --> 00:07:07,822 Smile, darling. Smile for Daddy. 73 00:07:08,239 --> 00:07:10,784 That’s it. Good girl. Good girl! 74 00:07:12,327 --> 00:07:15,163 Just wind it on, darling. 75 00:07:15,288 --> 00:07:18,959 - "(boy)" I’ll race you to the top. - Smile for Mummy. 76 00:07:19,084 --> 00:07:20,711 Come on, darling. 77 00:07:20,836 --> 00:07:22,880 Michael, the boys. 78 00:07:23,589 --> 00:07:25,049 Boys! 79 00:07:33,224 --> 00:07:36,811 Get that little body in there. 80 00:07:36,936 --> 00:07:39,105 Bit better. That’s it. 81 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:41,483 Oh, you like your bath! 82 00:07:42,484 --> 00:07:45,028 Can you see Daddy? Where is he, sweetheart? 83 00:07:45,153 --> 00:07:47,072 (sings) 84 00:07:52,661 --> 00:07:55,665 Hello, sweetie. Where’s your Daddy? 85 00:07:57,834 --> 00:08:03,006 - Are you right there, darling? - Well, don’t wanna miss the sunset. 86 00:08:04,716 --> 00:08:08,136 You might wanna see if the boys are in their pyjamas. 87 00:08:08,261 --> 00:08:11,348 You might even try to get them in the car. 88 00:08:14,768 --> 00:08:16,604 Boys! 89 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,824 Brrrrrm! 90 00:08:28,074 --> 00:08:29,868 Brrrrrm! 91 00:08:29,993 --> 00:08:32,037 Honk! Honk! 92 00:08:41,005 --> 00:08:43,883 Is it an automatic camera? 93 00:08:44,008 --> 00:08:46,260 No. Well, it’s semiautomatic... 94 00:08:50,973 --> 00:08:53,768 I’ll get it in a second. 95 00:08:53,893 --> 00:08:57,772 - A teacher. You gotta be a teacher! - Oh, come on! 96 00:08:57,898 --> 00:09:00,066 Look, I’ll give you three more guesses. 97 00:09:00,192 --> 00:09:03,237 If you don’t get it by then, maybe I’ll tell you tomorrow. 98 00:09:03,362 --> 00:09:07,074 A bank clerk! I’ll be buggered if you’re not a bank clerk. 99 00:09:07,199 --> 00:09:10,453 Reagan went right out. I can’t get bubby to settle, though. 100 00:09:10,578 --> 00:09:13,247 I don’t know your names, but this is my wife Lindy. 101 00:09:13,372 --> 00:09:16,959 - Hi. Is he playing games with you? - And I’m Michael. 102 00:09:17,085 --> 00:09:20,672 - He’s a terror when he’s on holiday. - He can’t be as bad as this one. 103 00:09:20,797 --> 00:09:23,466 - Hi, I’m Sally Lowe. - Greg. 104 00:09:25,427 --> 00:09:27,804 Hey, there’s a dingo. Here, fella! 105 00:09:27,929 --> 00:09:31,642 Don’t encourage him, Michael. The signs say you shouldn’t. 106 00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:36,355 I saw you today, going up the Rock with a baby in a backpack. Carrying a six-pack. 107 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,567 - I thought you were cracked. - It’s thirsty work climbing. 108 00:09:39,692 --> 00:09:41,319 - Can I have a look-see? - Yeah. 109 00:09:41,444 --> 00:09:43,738 Greg, the worst thing for a thirst is alcohol. 110 00:09:43,863 --> 00:09:46,449 You’re joking! The worst thing for a thirst is sand. 111 00:09:46,574 --> 00:09:48,910 Hello! Hello! 112 00:09:49,494 --> 00:09:53,999 - Can’t keep its blankets on it. - She’s so tiny! I thought she was bigger. 113 00:09:54,833 --> 00:09:57,377 - "(Lindy)" What’s your name? - That’s Chantel. 114 00:09:57,503 --> 00:09:59,546 No! 115 00:09:59,672 --> 00:10:01,257 Chantel, Michael. 116 00:10:01,382 --> 00:10:03,592 - That’s this one’s second name! - Yeah? 117 00:10:03,718 --> 00:10:05,970 Yeah. 118 00:10:06,095 --> 00:10:08,347 You don’t happen to know what it means? 119 00:10:08,473 --> 00:10:11,601 It’s French for Gypsy lead singer, I think. 120 00:10:19,151 --> 00:10:21,778 I belt into town ten times a day if I have to. 121 00:10:21,904 --> 00:10:26,867 - I’m not gonna believe you’re a farmer. - It was a beautiful bike. 122 00:10:26,992 --> 00:10:29,537 - What are you looking for, Aidan? - A mouse. 123 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:33,875 The hardest thing I ever did in my life was to sell it. 124 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,044 It’s down here, sweetheart. 125 00:10:41,049 --> 00:10:43,510 The cheeky buggers. 126 00:10:43,635 --> 00:10:46,596 I had one follow me back from the rubbish bin before. 127 00:10:46,722 --> 00:10:48,473 These are ready, honey. 128 00:10:48,599 --> 00:10:52,436 I think this little one’s finally conked out. 129 00:10:52,561 --> 00:10:55,022 I’m gonna go and put her down. Bedtime! 130 00:10:55,147 --> 00:10:57,775 Be right back. 131 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:03,281 - Wanna try one of these, Greg? - Mm, yeah. I’ve got some room left. 132 00:11:05,784 --> 00:11:07,202 Yeah. 133 00:11:08,161 --> 00:11:09,287 Shit! 134 00:11:09,412 --> 00:11:12,082 What kind of bloody sausage is that? 135 00:11:12,207 --> 00:11:14,877 - Vegetarian. - Christ! 136 00:11:15,002 --> 00:11:18,797 Now I know what you are. You’re Bugs bloody Bunny, aren’t you? 137 00:11:18,923 --> 00:11:21,592 Jesus, feed the man meat, mate! 138 00:11:28,099 --> 00:11:29,517 Oh, ace! 139 00:11:29,642 --> 00:11:31,686 Dad, Dad! Give it this. 140 00:11:33,021 --> 00:11:35,065 This is tops. 141 00:11:37,109 --> 00:11:39,695 (howling) 142 00:11:41,113 --> 00:11:47,161 But if I had the dough, I’d buy a BMW RT 1000. There’s a beautiful bike. 143 00:11:47,286 --> 00:11:50,831 It’ll do in excess of 255mph. 144 00:11:50,957 --> 00:11:53,543 - Bullshit! - Yeah. 145 00:11:53,668 --> 00:11:55,753 In free fall. 146 00:11:55,879 --> 00:11:57,922 - Get out! - "(laughter)" 147 00:12:00,175 --> 00:12:02,219 (Lindy laughs) 148 00:12:08,934 --> 00:12:11,020 Crikey! How’s your kidneys? 149 00:12:11,145 --> 00:12:15,024 Fair go. I haven’t even started yet! Never trust a man who doesn’t drink. 150 00:12:15,149 --> 00:12:17,401 Can I tempt you, Michael? 151 00:12:17,527 --> 00:12:21,114 Have you any idea what that stuff has done to your brain, Greg? 152 00:12:21,239 --> 00:12:23,867 - Did she settle? - That’s Azaria crying, honey. 153 00:12:23,992 --> 00:12:28,121 - That’s bubby, Mummy. - Are you sure? She was fast asleep. 154 00:12:30,999 --> 00:12:36,422 "(Greg)" Are you trying to tell me there’s something wrong with drinking beer? 155 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:43,387 Go on! Get out! There’s a dingo in the tent. 156 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:48,685 Dingo’s got the baby! 157 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:54,691 God. No, please, God. 158 00:12:56,193 --> 00:12:58,403 The dingo’s got my baby! 159 00:12:58,529 --> 00:13:00,364 What? 160 00:13:05,077 --> 00:13:07,121 "(Michael)" We’re coming! 161 00:13:12,543 --> 00:13:14,796 I can’t see. 162 00:13:15,630 --> 00:13:18,008 - Aidan, wait here. - I can’t see. 163 00:13:21,261 --> 00:13:23,680 Michael! 164 00:13:23,805 --> 00:13:26,391 You can’t see. It’s too dark. You need a torch. 165 00:13:26,517 --> 00:13:28,894 Michael, that way! You can’t see! 166 00:13:29,687 --> 00:13:33,024 You need a torch! Has anybody got a torch? 167 00:13:33,149 --> 00:13:35,401 The dingo’s got my baby! 168 00:13:35,818 --> 00:13:38,071 "(woman)" What’s going on? 169 00:13:39,447 --> 00:13:41,658 "(Lindy)" Please heIp me! 170 00:13:49,875 --> 00:13:51,919 Get the police. 171 00:13:53,420 --> 00:13:56,382 Have you got a torch? The dingo’s taken my baby. 172 00:13:56,507 --> 00:13:59,260 All right. It’s better if I go. 173 00:14:01,262 --> 00:14:04,349 - Are you right? - Get the police. I can’t get this started. 174 00:14:04,474 --> 00:14:06,267 Don’t you worry about it. 175 00:14:06,392 --> 00:14:10,146 - Where’s the baby? - The dingo’s taken the baby. Up there! 176 00:14:10,271 --> 00:14:13,066 - Has the dingo got your baby? - Yes. 177 00:14:14,985 --> 00:14:18,655 The dingo can’t have our bubby in its tummy, Mummy. 178 00:14:22,618 --> 00:14:25,246 Jesus’ll look after her. You stay by the tent. 179 00:14:25,371 --> 00:14:29,292 I have to keep looking and you have to be there in case your brother wakes up. 180 00:14:29,417 --> 00:14:33,213 I’ve gotta keep looking, darling. You stay here. 181 00:14:41,346 --> 00:14:43,891 - I need a torch! - Here, take mine. 182 00:14:46,769 --> 00:14:50,064 - It’s no good. There’s no beam. - Here, Daddy. 183 00:15:01,659 --> 00:15:03,912 What are you doin’, mate? What are you? Lost? 184 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:07,499 - I’ve lost my baby. - Had a bit to drink, mate! 185 00:15:09,001 --> 00:15:12,171 Come on, boy. Come on. There’s a good... Come on. 186 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:17,259 Come on. You can show me where your sleeping bag is, darling. 187 00:15:17,385 --> 00:15:19,971 - Reagan’s dead. - No, he’s all right. 188 00:15:20,638 --> 00:15:23,433 He’s dead. He’s dead. He’s dead. 189 00:15:24,684 --> 00:15:28,688 No, look, see? He’s just tuckered out. He’s fine. 190 00:15:28,813 --> 00:15:33,777 I’ll just be sitting outside on this rail here, all right? Just outside, OK? 191 00:15:34,069 --> 00:15:37,156 Careful not to step on any tracks, you blokes. 192 00:15:40,409 --> 00:15:44,664 Whatever we find, there’s no joy for you. You know that, don’t you? 193 00:15:45,998 --> 00:15:48,668 I’ve seen what dogs do to lambs, mate. 194 00:16:02,516 --> 00:16:04,935 That one there! 195 00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:07,229 You’re the parents? How big was the child? 196 00:16:07,354 --> 00:16:09,648 "(shakily)" Nine weeks. Nine to ten pounds. 197 00:16:09,774 --> 00:16:12,443 - Did you double-check inside the tent? - Of course. 198 00:16:12,568 --> 00:16:16,364 - What was it wearing? - White jump suit. Everything white. 199 00:16:16,489 --> 00:16:20,619 - It was wearing white. - White jump suit. White matinee jacket. 200 00:16:20,744 --> 00:16:23,288 Stay close to the camp in case I need you, please. 201 00:16:23,413 --> 00:16:25,040 Constable! 202 00:16:25,165 --> 00:16:29,086 We want our daughter returned to us, no matter what. We want her back. 203 00:16:29,545 --> 00:16:32,298 Has anyone seen the head ranger? 204 00:16:44,602 --> 00:16:47,272 Jesus Christ. 205 00:16:48,690 --> 00:16:50,192 Torches on! 206 00:16:50,317 --> 00:16:52,778 Group C, move down that way. 207 00:16:52,903 --> 00:16:56,949 Group A, down that way. The rest of you follow me. 208 00:16:58,409 --> 00:17:02,371 Spread out, please. Keep a straight line, arm’s length. 209 00:17:05,917 --> 00:17:09,170 The Bible says at the Second Coming, 210 00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:12,799 babies will be restored to their mothers’ arms. 211 00:17:12,924 --> 00:17:18,138 Mrs Chamberlain? I’m Bobby Downs. I’m the district nurse here. 212 00:17:18,263 --> 00:17:21,725 - How long’s the baby... - A little over an hour. 213 00:17:31,194 --> 00:17:33,237 (sobbing) 214 00:17:42,330 --> 00:17:45,834 No, no, no. I’m gonna throw up. 215 00:17:49,922 --> 00:17:52,133 Why aren’t they searching just there? 216 00:17:52,258 --> 00:17:54,552 It might have dropped it this close. 217 00:17:54,677 --> 00:17:57,054 I... I couldn’t bear that. 218 00:17:57,180 --> 00:18:01,518 If she died because we didn’t look in the right place. 219 00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:16,283 There. 220 00:18:18,911 --> 00:18:23,040 The baby’s finished. Finished, you know? 221 00:18:40,559 --> 00:18:43,229 They’ve been out there for ages. 222 00:18:43,354 --> 00:18:45,606 We should get you to a motel. 223 00:18:45,731 --> 00:18:48,985 No, we have to stay here for the police. 224 00:18:49,110 --> 00:18:52,238 Besides, we don’t have the money. 225 00:18:52,363 --> 00:18:54,491 Oh, look! 226 00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:06,378 Uh... 227 00:19:06,503 --> 00:19:08,505 People! 228 00:19:08,631 --> 00:19:10,216 Folks! 229 00:19:10,341 --> 00:19:12,677 It’s my daughter you’re looking for. 230 00:19:13,302 --> 00:19:15,763 And, uh... 231 00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:19,183 I want to thank you all for what you’re doing. 232 00:19:21,770 --> 00:19:24,981 - I’m a minister of religion. - A bloody parson! Jesus. 233 00:19:25,106 --> 00:19:30,779 I know that nothing happens in the world unless God allows it. 234 00:19:32,948 --> 00:19:34,909 And... 235 00:19:35,034 --> 00:19:38,788 I know that there’s little hope any longer of... 236 00:19:40,456 --> 00:19:43,000 finding our little daughter alive. 237 00:19:43,876 --> 00:19:47,922 But I am thankful that... 238 00:19:49,007 --> 00:19:51,092 we will see her again at the R... 239 00:19:51,218 --> 00:19:53,261 at the Resurrection. 240 00:19:55,472 --> 00:19:58,100 Let us pray. 241 00:19:58,225 --> 00:20:02,772 Lord be with these willing and kindly people 242 00:20:02,897 --> 00:20:06,442 as they help look for our little one tonight. 243 00:20:06,567 --> 00:20:09,028 Help them look... 244 00:20:16,494 --> 00:20:19,581 Mummy! Do I have to stay in here? 245 00:20:19,706 --> 00:20:21,959 It’s all right now, Aidan. 246 00:20:25,629 --> 00:20:27,673 It’s like a morgue in that tent. 247 00:21:03,336 --> 00:21:06,673 There’s room for that over here. 248 00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:10,844 Oh, that’ll be all right. I always keep it down there. 249 00:21:13,013 --> 00:21:15,265 Is this an expensive motel? 250 00:21:15,390 --> 00:21:18,394 You don’t have to worry. I’ve spoken to them. 251 00:21:18,519 --> 00:21:22,440 You can stay as long as you need. There’ll be no charge. 252 00:21:32,742 --> 00:21:36,371 G’day. I’ve put you in room 34 at the end of the path. 253 00:21:39,541 --> 00:21:41,585 There’s your key. 254 00:21:44,296 --> 00:21:47,508 We prayed for a daughter. He gave us a daughter. 255 00:21:47,633 --> 00:21:49,760 Why would he take her away? 256 00:21:49,885 --> 00:21:53,139 They should have warned us. The signs never said. 257 00:21:53,264 --> 00:21:58,436 I’d have slept them all in the car if only I’d known. If only we’d known. 258 00:21:58,561 --> 00:22:01,648 There has to be a reason. There’s got to be a reason. 259 00:22:01,773 --> 00:22:05,903 We slept her in the tent. I zipped it up when I put Reagan down. 260 00:22:06,028 --> 00:22:11,825 I should have zipped it up when I put her in, even if it was only for a minute. 261 00:22:13,744 --> 00:22:16,831 What are we gonna tell our parents, Michael? 262 00:22:17,874 --> 00:22:20,335 They never even saw Azaria. 263 00:22:26,132 --> 00:22:29,803 - I’m freezing. - You can’t be freezing. The heater’s on. 264 00:22:32,389 --> 00:22:34,892 - What are you doing? - Getting my sleeping bag. 265 00:22:35,017 --> 00:22:39,730 - You can’t do that. It’s got blood on it. - Yours has. Mine hasn’t. 266 00:22:39,855 --> 00:22:42,608 I’m sorry, but I’m freezing. 267 00:22:43,526 --> 00:22:45,570 Heating or not. 268 00:22:48,656 --> 00:22:50,909 I’m so cold. 269 00:22:52,619 --> 00:22:54,871 "(sobbing)" She was so little. 270 00:23:06,425 --> 00:23:08,678 "(Aidan)" Mummy! 271 00:23:10,221 --> 00:23:11,472 Mummy! 272 00:23:11,597 --> 00:23:15,768 I’m just praying that Jesus will keep the dingo’s mouth shut, 273 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:21,566 like he did for Daniel in the lions’ den, and he won’t let him eat our bubby. 274 00:23:21,691 --> 00:23:25,404 Oh, darling. She’s so little. 275 00:23:25,529 --> 00:23:28,282 Jesus wouldn’t let her have any pain. 276 00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:31,869 But our bubby had a little cold, you know. 277 00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:34,246 It’s so freezing out there. 278 00:23:35,373 --> 00:23:38,334 Daddy and I believe that bubby’s dead, sweetheart. 279 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:43,423 And Jesus is going to look after her now, wherever she is. 280 00:23:43,548 --> 00:23:46,802 Till he comes to take us all home to heaven. 281 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:50,806 And she’ll be better because Jesus will make her better. 282 00:23:50,931 --> 00:23:53,434 She won’t have the hiccups any more. 283 00:23:53,559 --> 00:23:55,603 No, that’s right. 284 00:23:57,813 --> 00:23:59,398 You try to sleep now. 285 00:24:14,873 --> 00:24:16,917 My God! 286 00:24:28,721 --> 00:24:31,182 Michael, the police are here. 287 00:24:35,228 --> 00:24:37,981 Sorry, Mrs Chamberlain. No news yet, I’m afraid. 288 00:24:38,106 --> 00:24:42,778 Will you be in later for me to bring round a notification of death for the coroner? 289 00:24:42,903 --> 00:24:46,782 Oh, yes. Yes. Or in the office phoning our parents. 290 00:24:46,907 --> 00:24:48,367 Thank you. 291 00:24:48,492 --> 00:24:52,079 Michael, you’d better ring your president too. 292 00:24:52,204 --> 00:24:55,124 Mummy, where’s bubby? 293 00:25:07,804 --> 00:25:10,182 "(man)" Just put in the name of the child. 294 00:25:11,016 --> 00:25:15,521 Hi, Mrs Chamberlain. Thought you might like some help with the boys. 295 00:25:15,646 --> 00:25:16,981 Oh, thanks. 296 00:25:17,106 --> 00:25:19,734 I got some Lasix from the clinic. 297 00:25:19,859 --> 00:25:22,362 - Beg your pardon? - Tablets. Help dry up your milk. 298 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:23,780 Oh, yes. 299 00:25:23,905 --> 00:25:28,243 And, um... you’ll be needing this breast pump most likely. 300 00:25:29,202 --> 00:25:31,288 Mr Chamberlain. 301 00:25:31,955 --> 00:25:34,917 There are press calling. I had the ABC radio on the line. 302 00:25:35,042 --> 00:25:37,503 They insist on talking to you. 303 00:25:39,296 --> 00:25:43,801 I don’t know. What would you advise? 304 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:46,637 We were just about to eat. 305 00:25:46,762 --> 00:25:50,433 We heard a cry out. My wife hurried back to the tent. 306 00:25:50,558 --> 00:25:54,396 She saw a big yellow dog coming out of the tent. Over. 307 00:25:54,521 --> 00:25:57,732 It was a dingo, Michael. Not a big yellow dog. A dingo. 308 00:25:57,858 --> 00:26:00,986 Azaria Chantel Loren. Over. 309 00:26:01,820 --> 00:26:04,782 - What difference does it make? - It’s not right. 310 00:26:04,907 --> 00:26:09,745 "(Michael)" It had probably stalked the baby as we’d been there the second night. 311 00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:10,871 Listen to this. 312 00:26:10,997 --> 00:26:13,458 (Michael) To many this is called Ayers Rock, 313 00:26:13,583 --> 00:26:16,878 but to us it will always be Azaria’s Rock. 314 00:26:19,672 --> 00:26:23,301 - Is that you, Mr Chamberlain? Over. - "Speaking. Over." 315 00:26:23,426 --> 00:26:28,932 I was wondering whether you could take a few photographs to run with this story. 316 00:26:29,057 --> 00:26:33,145 We can’t get up there to cover this, unfortunately. There’s just no way. 317 00:26:33,270 --> 00:26:36,732 You do want people to be warned about the dangers up there? Over. 318 00:26:39,402 --> 00:26:42,572 He wants me to take some photographs for his newspaper. 319 00:26:42,697 --> 00:26:45,575 You don’t have to if you don’t want to. 320 00:26:46,618 --> 00:26:51,498 She’ll never have a grave. Nothing to remember her by. 321 00:26:58,088 --> 00:27:02,635 Boys. Just stand in front of the tent for me, will you? 322 00:27:06,723 --> 00:27:09,601 Keep going, if you would. Thank you. 323 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,604 Mr Chamberlain, when you’re ready. 324 00:27:12,729 --> 00:27:17,275 We were very shocked, of course, but at that stage we still had some hope... 325 00:27:17,401 --> 00:27:20,070 (feedback) 326 00:27:20,195 --> 00:27:22,406 Can we just do that again? 327 00:27:22,531 --> 00:27:27,036 That’s OK. I’ve done some journalism myself. I think I know what you mean. 328 00:27:27,161 --> 00:27:30,998 "(journalist)" OK, right. Rolling. And... go. 329 00:27:31,999 --> 00:27:36,921 Well, it was shocking, but we just held out some little hope. 330 00:27:37,046 --> 00:27:40,342 But when we saw the spots of blood on the tent, 331 00:27:40,467 --> 00:27:44,471 we knew as we looked that this was a very quick event. 332 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:50,060 And this morning, when we saw the sharp, ripped, jagged marks 333 00:27:50,185 --> 00:27:53,064 on that very thickly-woven blanket, 334 00:27:53,814 --> 00:27:57,693 that this was a powerful beast with very sharp teeth. 335 00:27:57,819 --> 00:28:00,989 lt was more than a domestic dog that did this. 336 00:28:01,114 --> 00:28:03,575 OK, stop it there. It gets boring after this. 337 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:06,286 Now run this. I want to cut to her. 338 00:28:06,411 --> 00:28:11,041 - That won’t cut. - Yes, it will if you wait till after the pan, 339 00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:15,170 and put his last line over to disguise the question. 340 00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:20,509 I want some good sci-fi music to go over this to give it some atmosphere. 341 00:28:20,635 --> 00:28:22,303 News is art, huh? 342 00:28:22,428 --> 00:28:25,556 (TV) We knew that this was a powerful beast 343 00:28:25,682 --> 00:28:30,979 - "with very sharp teeth." - There’s more to this than meets the eye. 344 00:28:31,104 --> 00:28:33,899 - "(TV) ..domestic dog that did this..." - Did you hear that? 345 00:28:34,024 --> 00:28:37,861 I just yelled. There wasn’t time to go and tell people. 346 00:28:37,986 --> 00:28:40,572 ”Has anybody got a torch? The dingo’s got my baby.“ 347 00:28:40,698 --> 00:28:44,201 A dingo! They must think we come down in the last shower! 348 00:28:44,326 --> 00:28:48,289 The parents, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, Seventh Day Adventists, 349 00:28:48,414 --> 00:28:52,251 say they’ve accepted the baby’s death as the will of God. 350 00:28:52,377 --> 00:28:55,839 They will leave Ayers Rock tomorrow for their Mount Isa home. 351 00:28:55,964 --> 00:28:57,257 Christ. 352 00:28:57,382 --> 00:28:59,426 They could have picked somewhere else. 353 00:28:59,551 --> 00:29:02,262 They blame a dumb animal who can’t defend itself. 354 00:29:02,387 --> 00:29:07,559 I can’t believe how the dingo can have taken the baby and it’s never been found. 355 00:29:09,186 --> 00:29:13,107 Mrs Chamberlain? Inspector Gilroy and Sergeant Lincoln. 356 00:29:13,232 --> 00:29:16,694 - I’m sorry, we have to interview you. - Yes, all right. Come in. 357 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,240 It might help me to talk about it. 358 00:29:20,365 --> 00:29:25,328 I believe you’ve already given Constable Morris some items for identification? 359 00:29:25,453 --> 00:29:29,708 - What is it, darling? - That’s the dingo that took bubby. 360 00:29:31,752 --> 00:29:36,298 - Where did the dingo take bubby? - The dingo took bubby shopping. 361 00:29:37,216 --> 00:29:39,343 He loves shopping. 362 00:29:40,303 --> 00:29:43,097 - It’s never happened before. - Kids have been bitten. 363 00:29:43,222 --> 00:29:45,266 (growling and barking) 364 00:29:46,893 --> 00:29:49,771 Thinks he’s bloody Lassie. 365 00:29:49,896 --> 00:29:53,108 That’s ten pounds. That’s what the baby weighed. 366 00:29:53,233 --> 00:29:57,613 Have a go. A dingo couldn’t get halfway up the hill without taking a breather. 367 00:29:57,738 --> 00:30:01,825 - How long could you hold that for? - That’s right. Feel the weight of it. 368 00:30:01,951 --> 00:30:04,495 (arguing continues) 369 00:30:21,972 --> 00:30:24,683 We’ve come to shoot the dogs, Nipper. 370 00:30:25,809 --> 00:30:28,103 I’m sorry. 371 00:30:29,897 --> 00:30:33,067 - OK? - Let ‘em get used to the idea. 372 00:30:35,945 --> 00:30:39,032 Huh! Look who’s here. 373 00:30:39,157 --> 00:30:40,784 Morning, Mrs Chamberlain. 374 00:30:41,409 --> 00:30:45,372 We don’t wanna shoot any dogs that we don’t have to. 375 00:30:47,291 --> 00:30:50,586 No, they’re all bitzers. Nothing like it. 376 00:30:58,302 --> 00:31:00,596 I’m not taking another photograph. 377 00:31:00,721 --> 00:31:03,016 We found more blood on Aidan’s parka. 378 00:31:03,141 --> 00:31:06,060 No, we have enough blood with the blanket. 379 00:31:06,186 --> 00:31:09,439 Good. It’s the only warm coat he has. 380 00:31:09,564 --> 00:31:12,192 Well, you have a list of the places we’ll be. 381 00:31:12,317 --> 00:31:16,447 Fine. You’ll be advised of the date of the coroner’s inquest. 382 00:31:23,079 --> 00:31:26,499 - We should search that car. - They’ve had it bad enough. 383 00:31:44,935 --> 00:31:48,105 After the mysterious disappearance of their daughter, 384 00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:52,401 Mount Isa’s Seventh Day Adventist pastor Michael Chamberlain and his wife Lindy 385 00:31:52,527 --> 00:31:55,613 are expected to arrive home late today. 386 00:31:55,738 --> 00:31:59,784 The Chamberlains were on a camping trip at Ayers Rock... 387 00:32:13,382 --> 00:32:15,426 Oh, Michael. 388 00:32:46,876 --> 00:32:52,966 ”Consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, 389 00:32:53,091 --> 00:32:58,472 for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, 390 00:32:58,597 --> 00:33:01,684 the result is the ability to endure.” 391 00:33:03,018 --> 00:33:07,481 ”Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing 392 00:33:07,606 --> 00:33:11,652 so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” 393 00:33:11,778 --> 00:33:15,448 ”But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, 394 00:33:15,573 --> 00:33:20,871 who will give it to him, because God gives generously and graciously to all.” 395 00:33:20,996 --> 00:33:23,040 ”But when you pray...” 396 00:33:23,206 --> 00:33:25,250 (animal calls) 397 00:33:44,938 --> 00:33:46,982 Lindy, is this blood? 398 00:33:49,443 --> 00:33:51,111 Mm. 399 00:33:51,236 --> 00:33:55,491 Don’t let Michael see it, it’ll upset him. Just put it over there. 400 00:33:59,870 --> 00:34:02,123 They’re not locals. 401 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:11,091 - Yes, can I help you? - Mrs Chamberlain? 402 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,510 I’m from the "Woman’s Day." We rang you? 403 00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:15,887 Oh, yes. 404 00:34:16,013 --> 00:34:18,724 Can I just say how sorry I am? 405 00:34:18,849 --> 00:34:21,101 I’m a mother myself. 406 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:24,313 Please accept the condolences of everyone at the "Woman’s Day." 407 00:34:24,438 --> 00:34:26,315 Thank you. 408 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:31,029 Look, we’d like to tell Azaria’s story, Mrs Chamberlain. 409 00:34:31,154 --> 00:34:35,158 To make sure that this never happens again, to warn everyone. 410 00:34:35,283 --> 00:34:41,164 We’d put her on the front page and show the world what a beautiful baby she was. 411 00:34:41,289 --> 00:34:43,500 May we come in? 412 00:35:09,695 --> 00:35:12,239 I’ll take these back. No sense in wasting money. 413 00:35:12,364 --> 00:35:15,451 No, I’ll give it to Wendy for her bubby. 414 00:35:16,452 --> 00:35:19,205 "(Reagan chants)" Where’s my bubby? 415 00:35:19,330 --> 00:35:22,166 Where’s my bubby in the big, black dark? 416 00:35:22,291 --> 00:35:24,669 Where’s my bubby? Where’s my bubby? 417 00:35:24,794 --> 00:35:28,256 Where’s my bubby in the big, black dark? 418 00:35:28,381 --> 00:35:30,425 (Reagan continues chanting) 419 00:35:49,696 --> 00:35:52,157 Don’t worry. I’ll put it back the way I found it. 420 00:35:52,282 --> 00:35:54,576 Bloodstained clothes found at Ayers Rock 421 00:35:54,701 --> 00:35:57,287 are believed to be those of Azaria Chamberlain, 422 00:35:57,412 --> 00:36:00,958 allegedly dragged from her family tent by a dingo last week. 423 00:36:01,083 --> 00:36:05,212 A tourist found the white jump suit, singlet, nappy and booties folded... 424 00:36:05,337 --> 00:36:08,924 - Folded? - "..in a cave, near a dingo lair." 425 00:36:09,049 --> 00:36:11,719 Where’s her matinee jacket? 426 00:36:11,844 --> 00:36:14,347 Why weren’t we told about this? 427 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:17,350 However, the baby’s father, Mr Michael Chamberlain, 428 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:20,812 seems convinced that his daughter was taken by a dingo. 429 00:36:20,937 --> 00:36:25,442 (Michael) When we saw the spots of blood in the tent, we realised that this... 430 00:36:25,567 --> 00:36:27,611 Michael, did you talk to them? 431 00:36:27,736 --> 00:36:31,156 No, they used... That’s when we were at the Rock. 432 00:36:39,707 --> 00:36:43,169 I’m in charge of the Chamberlain investigation now. 433 00:36:43,294 --> 00:36:45,755 Oh. Darwin. Politics? 434 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,258 Been reading through your reports. 435 00:36:48,383 --> 00:36:51,720 This doctor’s rumours from Mount Isa. Did you check it out? 436 00:36:51,845 --> 00:36:55,098 Yes, I have. They seem groundless. 437 00:36:55,224 --> 00:36:59,061 What about this stuff about ”sacrifice in the wilderness”, the name? 438 00:36:59,186 --> 00:37:02,106 - Azaria? - It’s a pretty weird name, isn’t it? 439 00:37:02,231 --> 00:37:05,318 I heard it means sacrifice in the bloody wilderness. 440 00:37:05,443 --> 00:37:08,821 What, do you reckon they took the kid up there to sacrifice it? 441 00:37:08,947 --> 00:37:11,074 Yeah, they probably did. 442 00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:14,578 - The kid was always dressed in black. - So was the mother. 443 00:37:14,703 --> 00:37:15,912 She dressed it in black. 444 00:37:16,037 --> 00:37:20,375 I heard a rumour that the kid was really cracked and she couldn’t handle it. 445 00:37:20,501 --> 00:37:25,714 He’d already fallen out of the trolley jeep. Now, if something was wrong with him... 446 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,052 - And they’re Seventh Day Adventists. - They don’t Iike abnormaI children. 447 00:37:31,637 --> 00:37:37,018 Tell me what really happened to your little sister. I won’t tell anybody else... 448 00:37:38,019 --> 00:37:42,566 Sergeant Charlwood, could you identify the doctor that made those allegations? 449 00:37:43,316 --> 00:37:45,360 No comment. 450 00:37:46,570 --> 00:37:50,407 These are the slides I forgot to pick up before we went to the... away. 451 00:37:50,532 --> 00:37:54,245 Mum and Dad! Come and have a look. 452 00:37:55,371 --> 00:37:57,623 "(Lindy)" Oh, yes. It’s a new bike. 453 00:37:59,709 --> 00:38:01,753 That’s Reagan. 454 00:38:08,176 --> 00:38:10,762 I didn’t realise. I thought... 455 00:38:10,887 --> 00:38:13,849 It must have been at the end of a roll. 456 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:23,025 I quite like that one. 457 00:38:23,150 --> 00:38:26,029 It’s when she still had her hair. 458 00:38:26,154 --> 00:38:28,823 She was so beautiful. I wish you’d... 459 00:38:28,948 --> 00:38:31,159 I wish I’d seen her. 460 00:38:35,414 --> 00:38:41,628 The last time I stood before you was also at the invitation of the Chamberlain family. 461 00:38:41,754 --> 00:38:43,797 That was a happier day. 462 00:38:43,923 --> 00:38:47,593 We celebrated the birth of their little daughter. 463 00:38:47,718 --> 00:38:50,805 We welcomed her into the heart of our church, 464 00:38:51,264 --> 00:38:57,479 dedicating her life to God and asking for his blessing and guidance in her life, 465 00:38:57,604 --> 00:39:01,608 a life that has suddenly, sadly, ended. 466 00:39:01,733 --> 00:39:05,821 A lot of people watching would ask why you’re prepared to be interviewed. 467 00:39:05,946 --> 00:39:08,073 Hey, darl, come and have a look at this. 468 00:39:08,198 --> 00:39:10,576 Why are you making your grief so public? 469 00:39:10,701 --> 00:39:12,286 Jesus, what a wanker. 470 00:39:12,411 --> 00:39:19,127 (Michael) We believe that this experience has been needful for a lot of people, 471 00:39:19,252 --> 00:39:22,505 if they can realise too that... 472 00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:26,927 that there is a chance, that there is an opportunity 473 00:39:27,052 --> 00:39:31,515 to be at peace, to be at rest, with the help of the Lord. 474 00:39:32,641 --> 00:39:35,436 Michael’s not in jail! 475 00:39:35,561 --> 00:39:38,022 No! He’s not! 476 00:39:39,190 --> 00:39:42,276 He’s at a church convention in Townsville. 477 00:39:43,403 --> 00:39:45,154 The police?! 478 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,615 They never! 479 00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:52,078 Oh, that’s a load of Aussie bulldust. They’re playing games with you. 480 00:39:52,204 --> 00:39:55,540 I don’t blame you being worried. 481 00:39:55,666 --> 00:39:58,961 Yeah, righto, Peter. Thanks for calling. 482 00:39:59,086 --> 00:40:00,587 Bye. 483 00:40:03,048 --> 00:40:07,386 - Was that Michael’s brother? - The rumours are in New Zealand already. 484 00:40:07,512 --> 00:40:12,851 A lie goes round the world while truth’s still putting its boots on, sweetheart. 485 00:40:12,976 --> 00:40:15,145 I’m gonna do something about it. 486 00:40:17,063 --> 00:40:19,733 Chamberlain interview, take one. 487 00:40:20,525 --> 00:40:23,237 Tell us about some of the rumours going around. 488 00:40:23,362 --> 00:40:25,447 Yes. One story is that... 489 00:40:25,572 --> 00:40:29,118 Yes. One story is that we’re part of a bizarre cult, 490 00:40:29,243 --> 00:40:34,999 that’s part of the Jones massacre, South America, that we’re part of that. 491 00:40:35,917 --> 00:40:40,839 Another one that’s come back is because we’re placing the cairn at Ayers Rock... 492 00:40:40,964 --> 00:40:43,174 Thanks, Mum. 493 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,428 ..that this the other half of a bizarre murder ritual, 494 00:40:46,553 --> 00:40:50,891 taking away the sins of the entire Seventh Day Adventist church. 495 00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:53,519 This is a photo of Azaria’s clothing. 496 00:40:53,644 --> 00:40:57,940 It shows bad bIood stains and a bad tear on the left arm. 497 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:02,320 It would seem difficult for a dog to get the baby out of there. 498 00:41:02,445 --> 00:41:06,991 Yes, well, if you’ve ever seen a dingo eat, there’s no difficulty at all. 499 00:41:07,534 --> 00:41:10,954 lf you’ve seen them eat the carcass of a cow, something like that, 500 00:41:11,079 --> 00:41:13,123 they never eat the skin. 501 00:41:13,248 --> 00:41:17,878 They use their feet like hands and pull back the skin as they go. 502 00:41:18,003 --> 00:41:20,422 They just peel it like an orange. 503 00:41:21,882 --> 00:41:25,469 If you’ll notice here, on the hands, for instance, 504 00:41:25,595 --> 00:41:27,847 there is blood as well. 505 00:41:28,014 --> 00:41:31,017 - Tough little nut. - You could crack walnuts on her face. 506 00:41:32,894 --> 00:41:37,899 Don’t you understand they’re using you to sell their papers? People love this rubbish! 507 00:41:38,024 --> 00:41:42,696 But they put us on the front page. We’re all over the television. I won’t have it! 508 00:41:42,821 --> 00:41:46,450 - This has got to stop. - What they’d already written was worse. 509 00:41:46,575 --> 00:41:48,994 I tried to correct them and give them the facts. 510 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,414 Will you listen to me? 511 00:41:51,539 --> 00:41:54,500 These people aren’t interested in facts. 512 00:42:07,431 --> 00:42:11,352 I’m told there’s no trace of saliva on the clothes. None whatsoever. 513 00:42:11,477 --> 00:42:12,478 What, none? 514 00:42:12,603 --> 00:42:17,525 Our experiments tell us the cuts on the jump suit weren’t made by dingoes’ teeth. 515 00:42:17,650 --> 00:42:19,152 Fine. 516 00:42:19,277 --> 00:42:20,820 Jesus Christ! 517 00:42:20,945 --> 00:42:25,450 The forensic blokes reckon there’s no way a dingo could have killed that kid. 518 00:42:25,575 --> 00:42:28,245 Not by the state the clothes were in. 519 00:42:28,370 --> 00:42:30,998 I tell you, these bloody Chamberlains! 520 00:42:31,123 --> 00:42:34,334 They wouldn’t know the truth if it bit ‘em on the arse. 521 00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:41,926 Hello! 522 00:42:42,051 --> 00:42:44,011 - Hi. Mrs Chamberlain? - Yes. Lindy. 523 00:42:44,136 --> 00:42:46,347 Graham Charlwood. We spoke on the phone. 524 00:42:46,472 --> 00:42:49,559 Now I can put a face to the voice. Come in. 525 00:42:51,936 --> 00:42:56,441 - I see you’re packing up. - We’re moving back to Avondale College. 526 00:42:56,566 --> 00:42:59,862 - My husband’s study leave came through. - I’m glad I dropped by. 527 00:42:59,987 --> 00:43:04,950 - Gathering information for the inquest. - It’s about time something was done. 528 00:43:05,075 --> 00:43:08,537 The Northern Territory police have been hopeless. 529 00:43:08,663 --> 00:43:10,790 I’m from the Northern Territory police. 530 00:43:10,915 --> 00:43:12,542 Oops. 531 00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:16,296 - This is my husband Michael. - Graham Charlwood. 532 00:43:18,006 --> 00:43:20,133 (woman) Feeling is high in Alice Springs 533 00:43:20,258 --> 00:43:23,845 as the first sessions of the Azaria Chamberlain inquest start. 534 00:43:23,971 --> 00:43:28,100 (man) Alice Springs is the focus of the nation’s media. 535 00:43:29,101 --> 00:43:33,898 - Do you still have faith in your religion? - Our faith has been strengthened by this. 536 00:43:34,023 --> 00:43:36,901 Pastor, you believe Azaria’s death was an act of God? 537 00:43:37,026 --> 00:43:42,240 Mrs Chamberlain, is it true you felt depressed after the birth of Azaria? 538 00:43:42,365 --> 00:43:45,869 Was Azaria’s death a punishment for travelling on your Sabbath? 539 00:43:45,994 --> 00:43:50,916 Is it not the case that you wrote some sort of thesis on dingoes at college? 540 00:43:51,041 --> 00:43:54,002 "(Lindy)" It is not the case. That’s a press invention. 541 00:43:54,128 --> 00:43:56,922 That arose from the "Woman’s Day" article. 542 00:43:57,047 --> 00:43:59,550 I thought it came from a newspaper. 543 00:43:59,675 --> 00:44:02,136 Was the "Woman’s Day" article accurate? 544 00:44:02,261 --> 00:44:05,264 No. It was the most inaccurate article of all, 545 00:44:05,390 --> 00:44:08,184 or at least of the ones that I’ve read so far. 546 00:44:09,519 --> 00:44:13,356 In fact there are only about five reporters who write exactly what you say. 547 00:44:13,482 --> 00:44:16,485 The rest of them use a little bit of licence. 548 00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:18,654 (murmuring) 549 00:44:20,489 --> 00:44:25,244 Perhaps I could read you something from Dr Brown’s report. 550 00:44:25,369 --> 00:44:28,372 ”There were several small cuts in the baby blankets, 551 00:44:28,498 --> 00:44:31,167 but there was no evidence of tooth marks.” 552 00:44:32,794 --> 00:44:35,547 Well? Teeth cut, don’t they? 553 00:44:35,672 --> 00:44:39,217 A forensic dentist finds no evidence of tooth marks. 554 00:44:39,342 --> 00:44:42,554 - Does that concern you? - Of course it concerns me. 555 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:47,351 But if he can’t say what happened, how can he say what didn’t happen? 556 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:50,688 So you’re not prepared to accept his expertise in... 557 00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:56,569 I’m not saying that. I’m saying what I’d Iike is a full answer, not a half answer. 558 00:44:56,694 --> 00:45:00,281 I’d like to know more than anyone else... 559 00:45:00,406 --> 00:45:02,701 what happened to my... 560 00:45:02,826 --> 00:45:05,162 my baby daughter. 561 00:45:08,290 --> 00:45:11,543 They’re a native creature of this country, not a scapegoat! 562 00:45:11,668 --> 00:45:14,838 Yeah? What about ‘em? They’re still a wild animal. 563 00:45:14,964 --> 00:45:17,591 They’re native to Australia! They’re beautiful. 564 00:45:17,717 --> 00:45:21,179 If you tell me that that bitch is innocent and a dingo is guilty, 565 00:45:21,304 --> 00:45:23,348 I’ll punch your fuckin’ head in. 566 00:45:23,473 --> 00:45:25,517 Choice! That’s really lovely, Reg. 567 00:45:25,642 --> 00:45:28,520 Hands up all those that think she’s guilty. 568 00:45:30,063 --> 00:45:32,107 Come on! 569 00:45:33,442 --> 00:45:35,611 Now, Mr Chamberlain. 570 00:45:35,736 --> 00:45:38,197 "(Michael)" Pastor! 571 00:45:38,322 --> 00:45:39,573 Pastor. 572 00:45:39,698 --> 00:45:42,493 If I could ask about the hair colouring of the baby 573 00:45:42,618 --> 00:45:46,914 in the photograph you took of Mrs Chamberlain at Ayers Rock. 574 00:45:48,708 --> 00:45:50,877 I’m sorry. Would you repeat that, please? 575 00:45:51,002 --> 00:45:55,715 If I could ask about the hair colouring of the baby in the photograph you took. 576 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,135 We seek a short adjournment, Your Worship. 577 00:45:58,260 --> 00:46:01,555 We support the application, Your Worship. 578 00:46:02,306 --> 00:46:05,392 Court is adjourned for five minutes. 579 00:46:07,728 --> 00:46:11,399 Someone’s threatened to kill you. We think they’re in the courthouse. 580 00:46:11,524 --> 00:46:15,903 In Alice Springs a death threat interrupted the Azaria Chamberlain inquiry. 581 00:46:16,029 --> 00:46:20,617 Justice Barritt ordered 24-hour protection for the Chamberlains after a threat... 582 00:46:20,742 --> 00:46:24,955 Justice Barritt will move the Azaria Chamberlain inquest to Ayers Rock, 583 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:30,335 to make an inspection of the Chamberlain campsite and the barbecue area. 584 00:46:30,836 --> 00:46:34,298 Justice Barritt, how accurate a re-creation is this? 585 00:46:34,423 --> 00:46:36,467 Mr ChamberIain, what were you cooking? 586 00:46:36,592 --> 00:46:40,430 Michael! Where were you when you heard the baby cry? 587 00:46:46,436 --> 00:46:48,730 I don’t believe it. 588 00:46:50,190 --> 00:46:52,234 Well, that’s it. 589 00:46:52,359 --> 00:46:54,695 Why should I let them know how I feel? 590 00:46:54,820 --> 00:46:58,532 From now on, I’m gonna keep myself to myself. 591 00:46:58,657 --> 00:47:01,535 Not gonna show them anything. 592 00:47:02,953 --> 00:47:05,957 People can turn on you like a pack of hungry animals. 593 00:47:06,082 --> 00:47:08,126 (knocking at doors) 594 00:47:08,251 --> 00:47:11,546 What a racket! Probably be a bomb. 595 00:47:11,671 --> 00:47:14,341 - Don’t be ridiculous. - "(knock at door)" 596 00:47:20,264 --> 00:47:23,475 - There’s a bomb, is there? - You’ve been informed, have you? 597 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:24,852 No. 598 00:47:24,977 --> 00:47:27,229 Well, yeah. There’s a bomb. 599 00:47:27,354 --> 00:47:31,692 We’ll have to go out by the pool. When we open the door, the media goes nuts. 600 00:47:31,818 --> 00:47:34,070 Waiting for a pyjama shot. 601 00:47:34,988 --> 00:47:37,449 I told you, Michael! "(giggles)" 602 00:47:37,949 --> 00:47:43,747 To you, Pastor and Mrs Chamberlain, and through you, to Aidan and Reagan, 603 00:47:43,872 --> 00:47:46,166 may I extend my deepest sympathy. 604 00:47:46,875 --> 00:47:52,214 You’ve not onIy suffered the Ioss of your beIoved chiId in tragic circumstances, 605 00:47:52,339 --> 00:47:58,012 but you’ve all been subjected to months of innuendoes, suspicion 606 00:47:58,137 --> 00:48:03,518 and some of the most malicious gossip ever witnessed in this country. 607 00:48:03,643 --> 00:48:08,815 I’ve taken the unusual step of permitting these proceedings to be televised today 608 00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:11,985 in the hope that, by direct and accurate communication, 609 00:48:12,110 --> 00:48:16,573 such innuendoes, suspicion and gossip may cease. 610 00:48:17,032 --> 00:48:20,202 This case clearly emphasises that a choice has to be made 611 00:48:20,327 --> 00:48:24,707 between dingoes on one hand, and tourism on the other. 612 00:48:24,832 --> 00:48:28,837 Cheeky bastard. On national television! 613 00:48:28,962 --> 00:48:33,091 l’ve had the occasion to criticise the work of the Northern Territory police... 614 00:48:33,216 --> 00:48:36,762 - He doesn’t know shit from clay, this fella! - What’s his religion? 615 00:48:36,887 --> 00:48:40,808 ..reporting of the sprayed blood stain on the exterior of the tent, 616 00:48:40,933 --> 00:48:45,271 resulted in this investigation being diverted in the wrong direction. 617 00:48:45,396 --> 00:48:48,024 I’m satisfied that Dr Brown, 618 00:48:48,149 --> 00:48:51,027 an acknowledged expert on bite marks of humans, 619 00:48:51,152 --> 00:48:53,696 used his best endeavours to learn what he could 620 00:48:53,821 --> 00:48:57,575 of what had been, until this case, an unknown field. 621 00:48:58,493 --> 00:49:00,996 In the light of his straightforward admission, 622 00:49:01,121 --> 00:49:05,083 that he had no experience in examining bite marks in clothing, 623 00:49:05,209 --> 00:49:09,505 it’d be dangerous to rely on his evidence in that regard. 624 00:49:09,630 --> 00:49:11,799 I doth find 625 00:49:12,299 --> 00:49:15,928 Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain, a child of nine weeks of age... 626 00:49:16,053 --> 00:49:20,350 - I think they’re both bloody guilty. - Shut up. Listen and learn something. 627 00:49:20,475 --> 00:49:23,478 ..met her death when attacked by a wild dingo, 628 00:49:23,603 --> 00:49:27,899 whilst asleep in the family’s tent at the top camping area, Ayers Rock. 629 00:49:28,483 --> 00:49:31,987 I further find that neither the parents of the child, 630 00:49:32,112 --> 00:49:34,698 nor either of their remaining children, 631 00:49:34,823 --> 00:49:37,993 were in any degree responsible for this death. 632 00:49:38,119 --> 00:49:39,996 (murmuring) 633 00:49:40,121 --> 00:49:43,124 I find that the name “Azaria” does not mean and never has meant 634 00:49:43,249 --> 00:49:45,293 ”sacrifice in the wiIderness”. 635 00:49:46,252 --> 00:49:49,005 I find that after her death, the body of Azaria 636 00:49:49,130 --> 00:49:51,800 was taken from the possession of the dingo 637 00:49:51,925 --> 00:49:54,803 and disposed of by an unknown method, 638 00:49:54,928 --> 00:49:58,140 by a person or persons, name unknown. 639 00:49:58,265 --> 00:50:00,893 Court is adjourned. 640 00:50:01,018 --> 00:50:05,648 Sergeant Charlwood, are you upset by the coroner’s decision? 641 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,367 Why do you think people wouldn’t accept the dingo story? 642 00:50:15,492 --> 00:50:18,286 Perhaps because this is the first in Australia. 643 00:50:18,411 --> 00:50:21,623 Michael, what’s accounted for your strength? 644 00:50:21,748 --> 00:50:26,295 The Lord Jesus Christ is a very dear friend of ours, our saviour. 645 00:50:26,420 --> 00:50:30,424 The peace of God has kept us from being very foolish in our own lives. 646 00:50:30,549 --> 00:50:31,425 (groaning) 647 00:50:31,550 --> 00:50:37,223 Ladies and gentlemen, we have something here that you may like to see. 648 00:50:39,809 --> 00:50:42,896 This is a picture of Azaria as she really was, 649 00:50:43,438 --> 00:50:47,859 to prove to the world that she, as you see, was the most beautiful baby. 650 00:50:47,985 --> 00:50:52,781 Look what these poor prawns are doing now. Anything to get their heads on TV. 651 00:50:52,906 --> 00:50:55,576 Oh, yes. He’s the top in his field. 652 00:50:56,452 --> 00:50:58,204 Professor Cameron. 653 00:50:58,329 --> 00:51:00,581 Yes. London. 654 00:51:01,457 --> 00:51:05,003 And he’s very keen to examine the jump suit in particular. 655 00:51:05,128 --> 00:51:09,674 Apparently I need permission from the minister to take it out of the country. 656 00:51:09,799 --> 00:51:12,552 Oh, no. I’m going anyway, so there’s no cost involved. 657 00:51:13,011 --> 00:51:15,973 I’d like to welcome, as the new semester begins, 658 00:51:16,098 --> 00:51:18,183 all the new students and their families 659 00:51:18,308 --> 00:51:21,520 who’ve come to live and study with us at Avondale. 660 00:51:22,313 --> 00:51:24,941 I mention one family in particular. 661 00:51:25,066 --> 00:51:30,238 That of Pastor Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, for the fine example they set 662 00:51:30,363 --> 00:51:33,533 when the world harshly judged them and their church. 663 00:51:33,658 --> 00:51:37,412 Lindy, Michael, you’ve become household names in the past six months. 664 00:51:37,537 --> 00:51:40,207 - How’s that affected your lives? - We’re managing. 665 00:51:40,332 --> 00:51:44,169 Things are starting to settle down. The boys are in their new school. 666 00:51:44,294 --> 00:51:47,381 Michael’s started his MA course. That’ll take about a year. 667 00:51:47,506 --> 00:51:50,760 Then we’re off to America for his doctorate. 668 00:51:50,885 --> 00:51:53,721 That would be a doctorate in theology? 669 00:51:53,846 --> 00:51:56,516 - Give us a break! - A doctorate in health science. 670 00:51:56,641 --> 00:51:59,602 So we’ll have to call you Dr Chamberlain, Michael. 671 00:51:59,728 --> 00:52:01,980 I don’t know about that, but... 672 00:52:02,105 --> 00:52:06,109 I suppose so, but we’re just a couple of ordinary Australians. 673 00:52:06,234 --> 00:52:11,824 - What are your plans, Lindy? - I’ve got a new house to get organised. 674 00:52:11,949 --> 00:52:15,244 And I’m also starting my Bachelor of Education. 675 00:52:16,287 --> 00:52:20,875 Rumours still persist about that tragic night at Ayers Rock. 676 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,796 We ignore them. The court put that straight. 677 00:52:24,921 --> 00:52:27,299 These are the product of sick minds. 678 00:52:27,424 --> 00:52:30,427 We seem to have our fair share of those, 679 00:52:30,552 --> 00:52:35,015 in places that you wouldn’t really expect to find them, too. 680 00:52:35,140 --> 00:52:37,685 So, it’s full steam ahead for the future? 681 00:52:37,810 --> 00:52:39,854 - We hope so. - You bet. 682 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:47,320 I’ll ask the questions. I’ll do the noddies in-between. Is the tie straight? 683 00:52:48,404 --> 00:52:52,242 Lindy, Michael, you’ve become household names in the last six months. 684 00:52:52,367 --> 00:52:55,245 How’s this affected your lives? 685 00:53:02,378 --> 00:53:04,421 Righto, let’s run through it again. 686 00:53:04,547 --> 00:53:08,342 Team two is going to Melbourne, to the Whittackers, team three to the Habys. 687 00:53:08,467 --> 00:53:11,804 Team four flies to Western Australia, Esperance, to the Wests. 688 00:53:11,929 --> 00:53:14,223 Team five to Hobart to the Lowes. 689 00:53:14,349 --> 00:53:19,729 It’s essential that everybody be ready to make contact with our targets at 0800. 690 00:53:19,854 --> 00:53:23,233 No slip-ups. I want these witnesses hit cold. 691 00:53:23,358 --> 00:53:26,945 I don’t want one lot ringing another lot before we can question them. 692 00:53:27,488 --> 00:53:30,783 - Michael? - Hi, Helen. Lindy! 693 00:53:34,954 --> 00:53:38,499 I’ve gotta go shopping. Can I dump this brute on you? 694 00:53:38,624 --> 00:53:41,294 Anything to get out of mowing. 695 00:53:42,378 --> 00:53:44,714 - Hello, Murray. - You be a good boy. 696 00:53:44,839 --> 00:53:47,342 Let’s go goo at the chooks, shall we? 697 00:53:53,474 --> 00:53:55,976 What are you looking for, sweetheart? 698 00:53:56,101 --> 00:53:58,437 Nothing. 699 00:53:58,562 --> 00:54:00,690 Are you sure? 700 00:54:00,815 --> 00:54:03,401 Can I heIp you look for it? 701 00:54:03,526 --> 00:54:05,778 What is it? Hey. 702 00:54:08,281 --> 00:54:11,910 Did the dingo take our new bubby too, Mummy? 703 00:54:12,869 --> 00:54:14,621 What? Murray? 704 00:54:16,248 --> 00:54:17,624 - Hi. - Hi. 705 00:54:17,749 --> 00:54:20,085 We need to see Murray, Auntie Helen. 706 00:54:20,210 --> 00:54:22,546 I’ve just put him down for the night. 707 00:54:22,671 --> 00:54:25,758 We need to see if he’s OK. 708 00:54:25,883 --> 00:54:27,009 Oh! 709 00:54:30,805 --> 00:54:33,808 See, darling? There he is. 710 00:54:33,933 --> 00:54:37,354 Back safe and sound with his own mummy and daddy. 711 00:54:42,275 --> 00:54:43,819 "(Michael)" Lindy! 712 00:54:43,944 --> 00:54:45,988 I’m in here. 713 00:54:52,286 --> 00:54:54,539 These are for you, love. 714 00:54:59,252 --> 00:55:01,963 Well, it’s the 17th... 715 00:55:02,088 --> 00:55:04,299 and I thought a gesture was in order 716 00:55:04,424 --> 00:55:09,304 to mark the anniversary of our unfortunate... 717 00:55:14,435 --> 00:55:16,896 It took hours to find them. 718 00:55:19,482 --> 00:55:21,526 She was so beautiful... 719 00:55:23,027 --> 00:55:26,656 and I wanted something beautiful for you... 720 00:55:26,781 --> 00:55:28,825 in her memory. 721 00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:37,126 I get so angry and frustrated, you know? 722 00:55:37,251 --> 00:55:39,294 Because... 723 00:55:41,130 --> 00:55:43,174 I hardly even knew her. 724 00:55:44,133 --> 00:55:47,220 I hardly even took any notice of her. 725 00:55:49,806 --> 00:55:51,850 I hardly knew Azaria. 726 00:56:01,193 --> 00:56:03,737 Did you hear the one about the Irish dingo? 727 00:56:03,862 --> 00:56:05,906 - It ate the tent! - "(laughter)" 728 00:56:07,741 --> 00:56:11,579 OK. We got about 90 seconds, so just make it right. 729 00:56:11,704 --> 00:56:13,581 Let’s go. 730 00:56:13,706 --> 00:56:17,335 OK, control, this is units one and two. We’re on the move. Out. 731 00:56:28,931 --> 00:56:31,558 - Can I help you? - Mrs West? 732 00:56:33,435 --> 00:56:34,311 Mrs Lowe? 733 00:56:34,436 --> 00:56:36,522 Is this the Whittackers’? 734 00:56:43,947 --> 00:56:46,491 G’day, Aidan. Your mum and dad home? 735 00:56:46,616 --> 00:56:49,661 Uh, yeah. Come in and I’ll get them. 736 00:56:49,786 --> 00:56:51,830 Right, thanks. 737 00:56:58,295 --> 00:57:02,425 G’day. How are you? Get you out of the bath, did we? 738 00:57:02,550 --> 00:57:05,761 - What can we do for you? - A warrant was issued yesterday 739 00:57:05,887 --> 00:57:08,723 to search your premises for certain property. 740 00:57:08,848 --> 00:57:11,518 - Can I see that? - What’s this in connection with? 741 00:57:11,643 --> 00:57:14,354 There’s fresh information. Forensic evidence. 742 00:57:14,479 --> 00:57:16,982 What sort of evidence? 743 00:57:17,107 --> 00:57:21,487 All I can tell you is the chief minister’s ordered a new investigation. 744 00:57:21,612 --> 00:57:24,949 - Feel free to get dressed. - Do you realise today’s our Sabbath? 745 00:57:31,455 --> 00:57:35,209 Excuse me. I expect the cupboards to be put back the way they were. 746 00:57:35,335 --> 00:57:38,254 How long will you have our things this time? 747 00:57:39,255 --> 00:57:43,260 - Rest assured compensation’s available. - What about the damage last time? 748 00:57:43,385 --> 00:57:47,639 - Boys, don’t ruin Mummy’s oven. - We received no compensation last time. 749 00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:52,770 Can you tell me why things that weren’t even at Ayers Rock are going? 750 00:57:53,312 --> 00:57:55,648 I don’t give a fuck about a freeway accident. 751 00:57:55,773 --> 00:58:00,028 I’ve got a tip that the Chamberlain case has been reopened. I want that chopper. 752 00:58:00,153 --> 00:58:03,448 - I dunno. There’s some new evidence. - What new evidence? 753 00:58:03,573 --> 00:58:06,409 The coppers won’t tell you everything. 754 00:58:09,371 --> 00:58:11,915 Hey, Jim. Have a look at this. 755 00:58:15,210 --> 00:58:19,757 ”Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent and took a hammer in her hand, 756 00:58:19,882 --> 00:58:23,678 and went softly unto him and smote the nail into his temples.” 757 00:58:31,561 --> 00:58:33,480 Is this the green tent? 758 00:58:33,605 --> 00:58:38,277 No, that’s a brown and orange tent. The green tent’s under here. 759 00:58:38,402 --> 00:58:40,654 - Sarge, got this? - Yeah, we’ll take that. 760 00:58:40,779 --> 00:58:43,240 There’s another one up there. 761 00:58:46,243 --> 00:58:48,913 Do you want this? 762 00:58:52,917 --> 00:58:56,504 - Is the car available, Mr Chamberlain? - It’s being fixed at the lake. 763 00:58:56,629 --> 00:58:59,257 I’ll take you there myself. You’d never find it. 764 00:58:59,382 --> 00:59:01,510 Jesus Christ! 765 00:59:01,635 --> 00:59:03,679 What’s this? 766 00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:09,351 Oh, yes. That’s for public-health lectures. To scare smokers, you know? 767 00:59:09,476 --> 00:59:11,020 Why have you still got it? 768 00:59:11,145 --> 00:59:14,732 Christ knows how they fitted all this in one car. 769 00:59:15,233 --> 00:59:17,276 Is this your camera bag? 770 00:59:17,402 --> 00:59:20,905 Yeah, but it’s not the one I had at the Rock. 771 00:59:21,030 --> 00:59:23,158 I’ll get it for you. 772 00:59:31,041 --> 00:59:36,046 Michael. The switchboard’s jammed with calls from the press. What’s happening? 773 00:59:36,171 --> 00:59:40,760 - It seems they’ve reopened the inquiries... - "(helicopter overhead)" 774 00:59:45,765 --> 00:59:48,935 How come the press know so soon? 775 00:59:49,060 --> 00:59:52,397 - I don’t talk to the press. - This is shocking for all of us. 776 00:59:52,522 --> 00:59:57,277 New evidence has come to hand on the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. 777 00:59:57,402 --> 01:00:02,032 Police will review all evidence and investigations will begin anew. 778 01:00:02,157 --> 01:00:05,828 Sir, does this mean you’re anticipating a second inquest? 779 01:00:05,953 --> 01:00:07,663 No comment. 780 01:00:07,788 --> 01:00:12,585 My mate in Darwin knows the sister of the brother-in-law of the copper on this case. 781 01:00:12,710 --> 01:00:18,049 They reckon she’s covering up for her kid. That’s why they can’t break her. 782 01:00:18,175 --> 01:00:20,510 Would you like to trot that past me again? 783 01:00:20,635 --> 01:00:26,809 I understand they found a white baby coffin in the house, with a Bible passage... 784 01:00:26,934 --> 01:00:31,313 - For goodness’ sake, give it a bloody rest. - Let me tell you what it was about. 785 01:00:32,106 --> 01:00:36,611 I’ve never asked you this before, but did you kill your baby? 786 01:00:36,736 --> 01:00:39,113 If I answered, I’d be giving you an interview, 787 01:00:39,239 --> 01:00:41,866 and my lawyer has advised me not speak to you alone. 788 01:00:41,992 --> 01:00:45,287 I’d deny the conversation ever took place. 789 01:00:46,288 --> 01:00:48,916 Come on, it’s just between you and me. 790 01:00:49,041 --> 01:00:52,169 - Did you kill your baby? - Oh, come on! 791 01:00:53,128 --> 01:00:57,550 If I’d done it, why invent such an unbelievabIe story about a dingo? 792 01:00:59,260 --> 01:01:01,304 Don’t sell yourself short. 793 01:01:02,472 --> 01:01:05,767 You’re crediting me with the perfect murder. 794 01:01:05,892 --> 01:01:07,936 Don’t sell yourself short! 795 01:01:09,646 --> 01:01:13,608 The baby’s clothes are being examined by Professor Cameron in London. 796 01:01:13,734 --> 01:01:17,571 Oh, I didn’t know there were any dingo experts in London. 797 01:01:17,696 --> 01:01:23,119 He’s a world-class forensic scientist. He found a hand print on the jump suit. 798 01:01:23,244 --> 01:01:25,913 It was made when it was wet with blood. 799 01:01:26,038 --> 01:01:28,833 It’s a small, female hand. 800 01:01:28,958 --> 01:01:31,419 Then I’m back in the hot seat, aren’t I? 801 01:01:35,882 --> 01:01:38,927 What else was in this report? 802 01:01:39,052 --> 01:01:41,305 The baby was decapitated. 803 01:01:43,724 --> 01:01:46,769 Professor Cameron, the leading forensic pathologist, 804 01:01:46,894 --> 01:01:50,022 tended ultraviolet photographs, revealing baby Azaria 805 01:01:50,147 --> 01:01:53,609 was held by a human hand while she was still bleeding. 806 01:01:53,735 --> 01:01:57,780 This evidence appears to be supported by the discovery of an arterial spray 807 01:01:57,906 --> 01:02:00,492 on the under-dash of the Chamberlains’ car, 808 01:02:00,617 --> 01:02:04,746 consistent with the spray from an artery of a cut throat. 809 01:02:05,205 --> 01:02:08,917 The second inquest into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain 810 01:02:09,042 --> 01:02:11,545 reached a sensational conclusion today. 811 01:02:11,670 --> 01:02:14,423 Lindy Chamberlain was committed for trial today, 812 01:02:14,548 --> 01:02:18,219 charged with the murder of her ten-week-old daughter Azaria. 813 01:02:18,344 --> 01:02:22,056 Her husband Michael was charged as an accessory after the fact. 814 01:02:30,565 --> 01:02:32,609 How can they? 815 01:02:33,610 --> 01:02:36,280 "(Michael)" How can they, the bastards?! 816 01:02:36,405 --> 01:02:39,700 I’m sorry. That’s the only word for them - bastards! 817 01:02:39,825 --> 01:02:42,912 Don’t they know how much we loved her?! 818 01:02:46,165 --> 01:02:49,502 I don’t know what God wants any more. 819 01:02:49,627 --> 01:02:51,254 You know? 820 01:02:51,379 --> 01:02:55,717 How could he take her? I thought I knew the answer but I don’t. 821 01:02:55,842 --> 01:02:57,886 I don’t! 822 01:03:05,102 --> 01:03:07,772 We’re frightened, Lord, and we’re tired. 823 01:03:10,441 --> 01:03:12,527 We know we’re on show 824 01:03:12,652 --> 01:03:15,196 and we ask you for help... 825 01:03:15,321 --> 01:03:20,118 to let us find the strength to swallow the anger and the hurt... 826 01:03:20,243 --> 01:03:22,287 and to find the courage... 827 01:03:23,830 --> 01:03:25,874 to face the future. 828 01:03:28,293 --> 01:03:29,920 Amen. 829 01:03:38,846 --> 01:03:41,432 Michael, are we gonna do like we planned? 830 01:03:43,685 --> 01:03:45,729 Try and have another baby? 831 01:03:47,856 --> 01:03:50,692 I worked it out... 832 01:03:50,817 --> 01:03:52,569 and it’s now or never. 833 01:03:52,694 --> 01:03:57,741 Because if I go to jail, I’ll never have another chance. 834 01:03:57,867 --> 01:04:00,703 And if I don’t, why should they run our lives? 835 01:04:03,956 --> 01:04:06,000 It’s time, darling. 836 01:04:08,086 --> 01:04:12,007 If we start now, I won’t be showing at the trial. 837 01:04:12,132 --> 01:04:15,510 And when it’s all over, no one need ever have known. 838 01:04:19,515 --> 01:04:22,768 The boys are praying for a little baby sister. 839 01:04:24,395 --> 01:04:27,064 - So am I. - Prayer. 840 01:04:27,189 --> 01:04:32,195 What good is prayer? The only thing God’s good for right now 841 01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:37,909 is stopping me from cutting my throat, because that’s what I feel like doing. 842 01:04:38,034 --> 01:04:40,287 Hell can’t be worse than this. 843 01:04:43,332 --> 01:04:46,001 My life is finished! 844 01:04:46,126 --> 01:04:48,837 How can I be a pastor any more? 845 01:04:48,963 --> 01:04:54,135 Who’d listen to someone who was supposed to have helped kill a child? 846 01:04:55,595 --> 01:04:57,889 I don’t know what to do. 847 01:04:59,682 --> 01:05:02,143 I don’t know where to start. 848 01:05:03,812 --> 01:05:07,441 Is there any reason why there’d be a quantity of blood in your car? 849 01:05:07,566 --> 01:05:10,611 Well, the kids have had cuts and bumps in the car. 850 01:05:10,736 --> 01:05:12,696 And nosebleeds. 851 01:05:12,821 --> 01:05:16,700 Azaria vomited once or twice, if that means anything. 852 01:05:16,826 --> 01:05:20,663 And we’re trained first-aiders. We’ve attended some bad road accidents. 853 01:05:20,788 --> 01:05:25,209 Michael, what was the name of that bloke we picked up in Cairns? 854 01:05:25,335 --> 01:05:27,629 - Michael? - What difference does it make? 855 01:05:27,754 --> 01:05:32,926 - Well, he bled like a stuck pig. - Is there any hope of finding him? 856 01:05:33,051 --> 01:05:36,346 I don’t know his name. I don’t know where he lives. 857 01:05:36,471 --> 01:05:39,808 Cairns is a big town, and it was 18 months ago. 858 01:05:39,933 --> 01:05:43,312 Besides, it doesn’t explain the blood under the dashboard. 859 01:05:43,437 --> 01:05:45,690 I’ll be back in a minute. 860 01:05:48,151 --> 01:05:54,282 Cockatoos are white, red, and... They can be all kinds of colours. 861 01:05:54,407 --> 01:05:57,202 Why won’t Daddy walk with us? 862 01:05:57,327 --> 01:05:59,621 - Cos he’s cracked. - He’s what? 863 01:05:59,746 --> 01:06:04,293 He’s concerned for our safety. He’s walking ahead in case someone’s there. 864 01:06:04,418 --> 01:06:06,462 I think he’s cracked. 865 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:16,723 You’re right. It’s the same model as mine. 866 01:06:16,848 --> 01:06:20,351 Have a look at what Webber found under the dash. 867 01:06:23,647 --> 01:06:25,941 I don’t believe this. This is identical. 868 01:06:26,066 --> 01:06:29,820 I reckon there’s a real possibility here. 869 01:06:29,945 --> 01:06:33,616 - Can I photograph this? - You can cut it out if you want to. 870 01:06:33,741 --> 01:06:39,205 It’s incredible. They must be cracked! Nobody’s gonna believe that line of bull. 871 01:06:39,330 --> 01:06:41,582 Let me get this straight. In ten minutes, 872 01:06:41,708 --> 01:06:46,087 I’m supposed to have taken the baby back to the tent, put her down, 873 01:06:46,212 --> 01:06:48,548 put on my tracksuit pants, right? 874 01:06:48,673 --> 01:06:50,801 Carted her off to the car, 875 01:06:50,926 --> 01:06:54,179 cut her throat, cut her head off with the nail scissors, 876 01:06:54,304 --> 01:06:57,808 stuffed her body in the camera bag - have you seen the size of that? 877 01:06:57,933 --> 01:07:02,813 And I hurry up and clean up the blood out the car, then pick up a can of baked beans 878 01:07:02,938 --> 01:07:09,696 because Aidan, who’s been here all the time, watching, I suppose, is still hungry. 879 01:07:09,821 --> 01:07:13,616 So I take him back to the tent and take off my tracksuit pants 880 01:07:13,742 --> 01:07:18,538 and sprinkle bIood - my own baby’s blood - round the tent, and on Reagan. 881 01:07:18,664 --> 01:07:20,707 And then... 882 01:07:20,832 --> 01:07:25,713 When do I make the little dingo tracks round the tent? Round then, I suppose. 883 01:07:25,838 --> 01:07:31,427 Then we have a happy race back to the barbecue, as if nothing had happened. 884 01:07:31,552 --> 01:07:34,222 It sounds preposterous but that is the Crown’s case. 885 01:07:34,347 --> 01:07:36,808 Look what I found. 886 01:07:36,933 --> 01:07:40,437 It’s exactly the same as the spray under our dashboard. 887 01:07:40,562 --> 01:07:42,147 Good on you, mate. 888 01:07:42,272 --> 01:07:44,941 - That’s the good news today. - What’s the matter? 889 01:07:45,067 --> 01:07:47,611 - They reset the trial for September. - September? 890 01:07:47,736 --> 01:07:52,825 I’ll be seven months pregnant. I’ll look like Humpty Dumpty. 891 01:07:52,950 --> 01:07:55,828 They can’t do that. The press’ll slaughter us! 892 01:08:04,629 --> 01:08:07,674 They should go back to Glenis, bless her soul. 893 01:08:07,799 --> 01:08:09,551 Oh, wait a minute. 894 01:08:09,676 --> 01:08:12,846 I might be able to let this out just enough. 895 01:08:14,181 --> 01:08:16,475 Let’s see this. Mm, yes. 896 01:08:17,268 --> 01:08:20,980 Michael! Any last-minute requests? 897 01:08:21,939 --> 01:08:24,192 This is your last chance. 898 01:08:26,277 --> 01:08:28,321 Boys. 899 01:08:28,947 --> 01:08:32,784 Come on in, then! Help me close up these suitcases. 900 01:08:32,909 --> 01:08:35,871 Come on. Hop up here. Come on. 901 01:08:37,039 --> 01:08:40,501 Just bung you on here. Squash it down. 902 01:08:40,626 --> 01:08:42,670 That’s it. 903 01:08:46,674 --> 01:08:51,846 Speculation here in Darwin is whether the most publicised pregnancy this decade... 904 01:08:51,971 --> 01:08:56,226 "(Michael)" Lindy and I are most grateful for your offering to put us up, Pastor. 905 01:08:56,351 --> 01:09:01,356 We thought you’d be better off here, away from the craziness, 906 01:09:01,481 --> 01:09:04,568 where we can keep an eye on you, as it were. 907 01:09:11,116 --> 01:09:15,830 Here we are. It’s not the Hilton, but under the circumstances... 908 01:09:18,332 --> 01:09:20,585 He can’t mean us to live in a garden shed. 909 01:09:20,710 --> 01:09:24,673 The shower and toilet’s down the path, under the house. 910 01:09:24,798 --> 01:09:31,221 The media’ll love this. They’ll know every time I go to the loo. This is impossible. 911 01:09:31,346 --> 01:09:34,141 I think we may be more comfortable where we booked. 912 01:09:34,266 --> 01:09:39,855 I took the liberty of cancelling that. It’ll be gone by now. There’s not a bed in town. 913 01:09:40,856 --> 01:09:41,858 Thanks to us. 914 01:09:50,533 --> 01:09:53,078 Look at that face! It’d turn milk sour. 915 01:09:54,579 --> 01:09:56,623 Burn the bitch! 916 01:09:58,876 --> 01:10:03,380 The Chamberlains arrived at Darwin court today for the first day of their trial 917 01:10:03,506 --> 01:10:06,217 for the murder of their baby daughter Azaria. 918 01:10:06,342 --> 01:10:09,595 Lindy was wearing a pink and white frock with white accessories. 919 01:10:09,721 --> 01:10:14,309 Women are trying to work out when the baby is due, and also the zodiac. 920 01:10:14,434 --> 01:10:16,937 My guess is Scorpio. 921 01:10:17,062 --> 01:10:19,272 (audience shouts out suggestions) 922 01:10:21,858 --> 01:10:26,405 Your job in this case is to administer justice according to law. 923 01:10:26,530 --> 01:10:31,911 Not according to rumour, not according to preconceived notions of. 924 01:10:32,036 --> 01:10:34,705 You will hear much of this, ladies and gentlemen, 925 01:10:34,831 --> 01:10:38,918 for the simple reason that possibly the publicity concerning this matter 926 01:10:39,043 --> 01:10:41,963 has been without precedent in our lifetime. 927 01:10:42,422 --> 01:10:45,884 You see in this court a couple of cameras. 928 01:10:46,009 --> 01:10:50,180 I don’t want you to feel that you’re being directly telecast to Australia. 929 01:10:50,305 --> 01:10:54,643 That is not so. They were put in for the convenience of the press. 930 01:10:54,768 --> 01:10:56,812 (cheering) 931 01:10:57,897 --> 01:11:01,192 OK, who wants to be in it? Tickets are a dollar apiece. 932 01:11:01,317 --> 01:11:03,319 The one who gets the birthday gets the lot. 933 01:11:03,444 --> 01:11:07,907 Was there anything in Mrs Chamberlain’s demeanour on her return to the barbecue 934 01:11:08,033 --> 01:11:11,328 that indicated anything abnormal had happened? 935 01:11:11,453 --> 01:11:14,873 No. She seemed solely concerned with feeding Aidan more food. 936 01:11:14,998 --> 01:11:17,042 Was she covered in blood? 937 01:11:17,167 --> 01:11:19,003 "(Sally)" No. 938 01:11:20,254 --> 01:11:25,551 As to the baby’s cry, did that cry appear to you to be cut off? 939 01:11:26,344 --> 01:11:30,223 Going from experience with other babies, yes. 940 01:11:30,515 --> 01:11:32,767 It was a relatively uneventful day 941 01:11:32,892 --> 01:11:37,147 as eyewitnesses to that tragic night at Ayers Rock gave evidence. 942 01:11:37,355 --> 01:11:39,608 The witnesses from across Australia 943 01:11:39,733 --> 01:11:43,946 shed little light on the events that led up to the disappearance of baby Azaria. 944 01:11:44,071 --> 01:11:47,157 Everyone that was there were her friends, her witnesses. 945 01:11:47,283 --> 01:11:50,953 - They were all Adventists. - They didn’t know each other! 946 01:11:51,078 --> 01:11:54,374 - It was a ritual killing! - They planned it all, did they? 947 01:11:54,791 --> 01:11:58,711 The buckle gave me very strongly positive reactions for blood. 948 01:11:58,837 --> 01:12:00,880 What about the spray pattern? 949 01:12:01,006 --> 01:12:03,550 The pattern under the dash 950 01:12:03,675 --> 01:12:06,887 gave me a very positive reaction for foetal haemoglobin. 951 01:12:07,012 --> 01:12:11,433 Correct me if I’m wrong, Mrs Kuhl, but you’ve got 22 positive reactions 952 01:12:11,558 --> 01:12:17,064 for the presence of foetal blood... um, haemoglobin, from these tests. 953 01:12:17,189 --> 01:12:18,858 That is correct. 954 01:12:18,983 --> 01:12:21,110 Did the tests lead you to an opinion 955 01:12:21,235 --> 01:12:24,405 of the person whose blood you found and the age of that person? 956 01:12:24,531 --> 01:12:25,907 They did. 957 01:12:26,032 --> 01:12:31,246 It was consistent with the blood having come from a baby under three months. 958 01:12:31,371 --> 01:12:33,081 (murmuring) 959 01:12:33,206 --> 01:12:35,250 You bitch! 960 01:12:38,629 --> 01:12:41,132 What about when you took the jury to view the car? 961 01:12:41,257 --> 01:12:45,553 She was behind me, staring. I could feel her burning holes through my back. 962 01:12:45,678 --> 01:12:49,307 She just stares! She’s a witch, you know. 963 01:12:49,432 --> 01:12:55,105 I can’t stand the way she flutters her eyes at the jury. Makes me want to vomit. 964 01:12:56,106 --> 01:13:00,277 I reckon she’s got something going with that copper, too. 965 01:13:00,402 --> 01:13:04,156 Mm-hm! Active little monkey tonight! 966 01:13:04,281 --> 01:13:08,119 - Come have a feel. - Not just now, my dear. 967 01:13:08,244 --> 01:13:11,038 And what about the outfit? Polka dot. 968 01:13:11,164 --> 01:13:15,627 Practically the same as mine. Not to mention the hairdo. 969 01:13:15,752 --> 01:13:21,341 It’s easy enough to dislike the woman without her adding insult to injury. 970 01:13:24,845 --> 01:13:29,016 That is a demonstration photograph of an Ouchterlony plate. 971 01:13:29,141 --> 01:13:32,102 - What the fuck does that mean? - Buggered if I know. 972 01:13:32,228 --> 01:13:33,229 It’s the what? 973 01:13:33,354 --> 01:13:37,942 You can get a positive reaction to milk. 974 01:13:38,067 --> 01:13:43,656 It’s not the same type of reaction as blood, but you do get one. Can. 975 01:13:43,782 --> 01:13:46,785 - Vomit? - Due to the traces of blood in it, yes. 976 01:13:46,910 --> 01:13:48,620 - Saliva? - No. 977 01:13:48,745 --> 01:13:51,123 - Never? - Not that I have seen. 978 01:13:51,248 --> 01:13:57,087 - Nasal secretions? - There is often blood in those secretions. 979 01:13:57,213 --> 01:13:59,715 - The answer is yes? - Yes. 980 01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:02,343 If blood was in saliva, the answer would be yes? 981 01:14:02,468 --> 01:14:04,470 Yes. 982 01:14:04,595 --> 01:14:07,307 - Rust? - Sometimes. Sometimes not. 983 01:14:07,432 --> 01:14:10,226 You can get a positive reaction to rust? 984 01:14:10,352 --> 01:14:13,188 Sometimes, with some rusts. Yes. 985 01:14:13,313 --> 01:14:15,524 Is it a fact that after four days’ screening, 986 01:14:15,649 --> 01:14:18,735 you cannot prove the presence of blood in the compartments 987 01:14:18,861 --> 01:14:22,448 or the base of the Chamberlain camera bag? 988 01:14:22,573 --> 01:14:25,159 No. My report states that. 989 01:14:25,284 --> 01:14:29,872 What about the real thing? The actual Ouchterlony plates at end of your tests? 990 01:14:29,997 --> 01:14:32,333 - Do you produce those? - No. 991 01:14:32,458 --> 01:14:34,919 - They’re in Sydney, are they? - No. 992 01:14:35,044 --> 01:14:38,131 - Where are they? - They have been destroyed. 993 01:14:39,257 --> 01:14:41,301 - All of them? - Yes. 994 01:14:41,426 --> 01:14:46,348 - Whose decision was that? - It’s standard procedure in our laboratory. 995 01:14:47,391 --> 01:14:50,978 Professor Chaikin, you examined the tufts from the camera bag 996 01:14:51,103 --> 01:14:53,814 to see whether they could have come from the jump suit. 997 01:14:53,940 --> 01:14:56,025 I did, yes. 998 01:14:56,150 --> 01:15:00,572 I would, if you don’t mind, Your Honour, demonstrate it by cutting it. 999 01:15:00,697 --> 01:15:01,698 (laughter) 1000 01:15:01,823 --> 01:15:04,492 The mighty Chaikin! 1001 01:15:04,618 --> 01:15:07,913 - Get off! - And now, for my next trick... 1002 01:15:08,038 --> 01:15:11,625 And you cut it. Some tufts fall off. 1003 01:15:12,543 --> 01:15:14,670 And you can shake some off. 1004 01:15:16,630 --> 01:15:22,303 Are you able to express an opinion as to whether a dingo’s teeth made those cuts? 1005 01:15:22,845 --> 01:15:24,889 I would say no. 1006 01:15:25,014 --> 01:15:28,143 These are Lindy Chamberlain’s scissors. 1007 01:15:28,268 --> 01:15:32,147 Are these the scissors you first used in your cutting tests? 1008 01:15:32,272 --> 01:15:33,440 Yes. 1009 01:15:33,565 --> 01:15:36,026 - And? - They came apart. 1010 01:15:36,151 --> 01:15:41,156 The scissors you used for the tests, are they larger than the Chamberlains’? 1011 01:15:41,282 --> 01:15:42,491 Yes. 1012 01:15:42,616 --> 01:15:46,495 - So far more efficient for your purposes? - Yes. 1013 01:15:47,079 --> 01:15:51,709 I concede that the Chamberlain scissors, as I received them, 1014 01:15:51,834 --> 01:15:54,629 could not cut jump suit material. 1015 01:15:56,214 --> 01:15:59,968 - They’re trying to blame a dingo? - Have you seen a dingo using scissors? 1016 01:16:00,093 --> 01:16:02,137 Not really. 1017 01:16:02,262 --> 01:16:05,975 - "Lindy Chamberlain showed no emotion." - There’s Mum and Dad! 1018 01:16:06,100 --> 01:16:08,602 Can we ring ‘em? 1019 01:16:08,727 --> 01:16:10,312 Maybe tomorrow, eh? 1020 01:16:16,694 --> 01:16:19,948 We have to turn the air conditioning off. I’m cold. 1021 01:16:20,073 --> 01:16:23,451 - You can’t possibly be cold. - I’m freezing. 1022 01:16:23,577 --> 01:16:25,912 Then put a blanket on yourself. 1023 01:16:26,038 --> 01:16:31,001 - I’d rather have the air conditioning off. - Leave it. I’m roasting! 1024 01:16:31,126 --> 01:16:34,547 You seem to forget I’ve got a little furnace blazing away in here. 1025 01:16:34,672 --> 01:16:37,300 If you want my company, then put a blanket on. 1026 01:16:37,425 --> 01:16:40,094 The last thing I want now is to put a blanket over me. 1027 01:16:40,219 --> 01:16:43,723 - Go in the other room then. - All right, I will. 1028 01:16:49,604 --> 01:16:53,609 We should have got that zip fixed so it was safe. 1029 01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:57,154 Love, it wouldn’t have made any difference. 1030 01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:01,617 We should have got it fixed and seen to it that it was zipped up. 1031 01:17:01,742 --> 01:17:06,330 What about the dingo they told us about that clawed its way into the tent for food? 1032 01:17:06,456 --> 01:17:09,584 We should have zipped up the tent! 1033 01:17:09,709 --> 01:17:15,048 You mean I should have zipped it up. Isn’t that what you mean? Say it! 1034 01:17:15,173 --> 01:17:18,677 Say it! Have the guts for once to say it! 1035 01:17:39,991 --> 01:17:42,536 - Girls, did you make your T-shirts? - Yes, we did. 1036 01:17:42,661 --> 01:17:47,291 Can you imagine a situation where the dingo was able to attack the child, 1037 01:17:47,416 --> 01:17:50,002 pick it up and carry it by the face? 1038 01:17:50,127 --> 01:17:53,464 No. Dogs usually go for the back of the neck or the shoulder. 1039 01:17:53,589 --> 01:17:59,137 Now, in this case, having regard for the condition of the jump suit, 1040 01:17:59,262 --> 01:18:04,267 can you see the child being grabbed by a dog by the back of her neck? 1041 01:18:04,392 --> 01:18:08,563 Not from examination of the collar of the jump suit, no. 1042 01:18:08,688 --> 01:18:13,652 Would you have a look at this photograph, please, Mr Simms? 1043 01:18:17,823 --> 01:18:20,326 Do you concede, having seen the photograph, 1044 01:18:20,451 --> 01:18:22,954 that a dog could easily encompass the head 1045 01:18:23,079 --> 01:18:26,541 of a child of Azaria’s size in its jaws? 1046 01:18:26,874 --> 01:18:32,714 Well, if that doll’s head is not being forced into the dog’s jaws, 1047 01:18:33,757 --> 01:18:36,051 I would accept that. 1048 01:18:39,596 --> 01:18:42,307 (murmuring in gallery) 1049 01:18:42,433 --> 01:18:47,605 Mr Harris, what is the purpose of a dingo gripping the head of the prey? 1050 01:18:47,730 --> 01:18:51,317 The purpose is to immobilise the prey immediately, 1051 01:18:51,442 --> 01:18:53,778 and preferably kill it at the same time. 1052 01:18:53,903 --> 01:18:57,866 There’d be very little blood because the heart would stop pumping. 1053 01:18:57,991 --> 01:19:02,662 I have documented a dingo running with a 20lb baby kangaroo in its mouth 1054 01:19:02,788 --> 01:19:04,915 over a distance of some 200 yards. 1055 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:09,169 We’ve heard evidence a dingo in the family tent was seen to shake its head. 1056 01:19:09,295 --> 01:19:14,008 That’s quite consistent. The shake’s obviously intended... 1057 01:19:14,133 --> 01:19:16,427 to break the neck. 1058 01:19:18,137 --> 01:19:23,727 You are now to be shown videotape of an experiment performed at an Adelaide zoo. 1059 01:19:23,852 --> 01:19:28,065 While you’re looking at this tape, recall the evidence of Mr Simms 1060 01:19:28,190 --> 01:19:31,193 where he concurred, because of this experiment, 1061 01:19:31,318 --> 01:19:34,613 a dingo could take out a baby goat from a suit 1062 01:19:34,738 --> 01:19:37,241 while undoing only the two top buttons. 1063 01:19:38,117 --> 01:19:40,453 And is therefore reasonable to assume 1064 01:19:40,578 --> 01:19:46,125 that a dingo eating a baby human being out of its suit... 1065 01:19:46,668 --> 01:19:49,963 is quite within the bounds of probability. 1066 01:19:53,383 --> 01:19:55,469 How’s our side doing? 1067 01:19:55,594 --> 01:19:59,932 Well, we figure we’re up against about four not-guiltys and four don’t-knows. 1068 01:20:00,057 --> 01:20:03,435 - The women are the big problem. - Remind them where they live. 1069 01:20:08,900 --> 01:20:13,863 Professor Cameron, in your view is there any evidence on those articles of clothing 1070 01:20:13,988 --> 01:20:17,742 which suggests the child was killed by a dingo? 1071 01:20:20,370 --> 01:20:22,956 I saw no evidence on these garments to suggest 1072 01:20:23,081 --> 01:20:25,959 a member of the canine family was involved. 1073 01:20:26,085 --> 01:20:30,297 In your opinion, is there any evidence suggesting the child was not killed 1074 01:20:30,423 --> 01:20:32,717 by a member of the canine family? 1075 01:20:32,842 --> 01:20:36,846 There is evidence to suggest there was an incised wound around the neck. 1076 01:20:36,971 --> 01:20:38,890 In other words, a cut throat. 1077 01:20:39,015 --> 01:20:41,059 (public gasps) 1078 01:20:43,103 --> 01:20:46,356 This photograph was taken using ultraviolet light. 1079 01:20:46,481 --> 01:20:50,652 You can see the pattern of bloodied fingers. 1080 01:20:50,778 --> 01:20:56,575 And here, what may be a thumb. It’s the impression of a hand of a small adult. 1081 01:20:57,743 --> 01:21:01,497 - That’s a thumb? - If that’s a hand, I’m a virgin. 1082 01:21:02,498 --> 01:21:07,921 Would you align your finger along the mark that impressed Professor Cameron? 1083 01:21:10,340 --> 01:21:12,968 I object to that. The hand is flat. 1084 01:21:13,093 --> 01:21:15,387 Noted. 1085 01:21:15,512 --> 01:21:18,140 How many smudges do you see? 1086 01:21:18,682 --> 01:21:20,851 One, two, three, four. 1087 01:21:21,602 --> 01:21:24,605 Would you hold your finger up, please? 1088 01:21:24,730 --> 01:21:26,983 One, two, three. 1089 01:21:37,202 --> 01:21:41,164 We’re gonna take some of the wind out of Professor Cameron’s sails tomorrow. 1090 01:21:41,290 --> 01:21:44,626 - We’re gonna bring up the Confait case. - What’s that? 1091 01:21:44,752 --> 01:21:47,171 This bloke Confait was murdered in England. 1092 01:21:47,296 --> 01:21:53,302 Three boys were sent to prison for life, based on Professor Cameron’s evidence. 1093 01:21:53,427 --> 01:21:58,683 Three years later, the evidence was totally discredited and the boys were freed. 1094 01:21:58,808 --> 01:22:03,980 Turns out they’d been nowhere near the place at the time of death. 1095 01:22:06,483 --> 01:22:09,778 The media are gonna be pleased. I gotta go to the loo again. 1096 01:22:09,903 --> 01:22:11,947 Decoy time. 1097 01:22:15,868 --> 01:22:18,579 - Here she comes! - It’s not her. 1098 01:22:20,998 --> 01:22:24,335 Professor Cameron, when you gave evidence in the Confait case, 1099 01:22:24,461 --> 01:22:28,465 you weren’t armed with the correct knowledge of the circumstances. 1100 01:22:28,590 --> 01:22:30,842 I agree entirely. 1101 01:22:30,967 --> 01:22:34,763 I want to suggest you have done the same thing in this case. 1102 01:22:34,888 --> 01:22:38,976 I should like to show the professor photograph 10B. 1103 01:22:39,101 --> 01:22:41,729 Would you call that a neat bundle? 1104 01:22:41,854 --> 01:22:43,981 No. 1105 01:22:44,106 --> 01:22:47,819 Did you swear ”I rely entirely on Dr Scott’s evidence 1106 01:22:47,944 --> 01:22:51,197 that there was no saliva present on the jump suit?” 1107 01:22:51,322 --> 01:22:52,699 Correct. 1108 01:22:52,824 --> 01:22:58,497 Yet Dr Scott states “There is no guarantee there is no saliva elsewhere.” 1109 01:22:58,622 --> 01:23:00,999 There was no saliva present on the samples. 1110 01:23:01,125 --> 01:23:06,797 He said “There is no guarantee there is no saliva elsewhere.” 1111 01:23:08,299 --> 01:23:10,009 I would accept that. 1112 01:23:12,345 --> 01:23:15,223 In court, John Phillips QC told how evidence 1113 01:23:15,348 --> 01:23:19,436 presented by Professor Cameron in a London murder trial was discredited. 1114 01:23:19,561 --> 01:23:22,189 That’s silly, sweetheart. Gran loves you. 1115 01:23:22,314 --> 01:23:27,611 - She won’t let me play outside. - She’s just doing what Mummy told her. 1116 01:23:27,736 --> 01:23:31,657 It’s too dangerous for you to play outside now. 1117 01:23:32,658 --> 01:23:36,412 Because we’re in the papers so much and on the telly. 1118 01:23:36,537 --> 01:23:40,124 Silly people get silly ideas in their head. 1119 01:23:40,249 --> 01:23:44,170 We wouldn’t want one of them to come and get you, would we? 1120 01:23:46,089 --> 01:23:49,342 Yeah, won’t be much longer now, sweetheart. 1121 01:23:54,640 --> 01:23:56,934 (laughs) 1122 01:23:57,059 --> 01:24:00,813 I’ve been looking at reactions given by the different antisera 1123 01:24:00,938 --> 01:24:05,193 against the blood samples taken from the car. 1124 01:24:05,318 --> 01:24:08,154 I think the court is familiar from the past 1125 01:24:08,279 --> 01:24:11,574 that the antiserum known as antihaemoglobin 1126 01:24:11,700 --> 01:24:16,997 has in it antibodies that react with both the alpha and beta molecular chains 1127 01:24:17,122 --> 01:24:19,124 which are found in haemoglobins. 1128 01:24:19,249 --> 01:24:23,963 For example, a sample could have been obtained from the baby’s clothing. 1129 01:24:24,088 --> 01:24:28,551 Such a model would have made a perfect control to see if your serum was working. 1130 01:24:29,468 --> 01:24:32,555 Jesus, how many more days of this? 1131 01:24:33,932 --> 01:24:39,604 The trial faces five days of forensic evidence that even experts can’t agree on. 1132 01:24:39,729 --> 01:24:43,734 How is a jury supposed to make conclusions from this evidence? 1133 01:24:43,859 --> 01:24:45,861 We could dispense with the jury. 1134 01:24:45,986 --> 01:24:51,033 Orthotoluidine tests, Ouchterlony plates and electrophoresis? 1135 01:24:51,158 --> 01:24:54,328 Give you ten bucks if you can get haptoglobin into a headline. 1136 01:24:54,954 --> 01:24:58,082 We should be asking why none of the Aboriginal trackers 1137 01:24:58,207 --> 01:25:00,460 used in the search for baby Azaria 1138 01:25:00,585 --> 01:25:03,713 have been called to give evidence at this trial. 1139 01:25:03,838 --> 01:25:06,925 You can’t believe those bludgers. They’re always drunk. 1140 01:25:17,478 --> 01:25:19,522 Michael. 1141 01:25:21,023 --> 01:25:23,568 Michael. You must get up. 1142 01:25:25,778 --> 01:25:28,740 I don’t know what I’m going to say. 1143 01:25:31,618 --> 01:25:34,079 Just tell them the truth, sweetheart. 1144 01:25:34,204 --> 01:25:37,249 Keep calm. Don’t let them rattle you. 1145 01:25:37,374 --> 01:25:39,752 And listen carefully. 1146 01:25:40,794 --> 01:25:46,175 Is that the truth? That your wife told you she saw a dingo coming out of the tent, 1147 01:25:46,300 --> 01:25:51,514 she thought it had Azeria... sorry, Azaria. 1148 01:25:52,015 --> 01:25:56,144 And you didn’t ever ask her why she thought it had Azaria? 1149 01:25:57,103 --> 01:26:00,065 The tent was empty. 1150 01:26:00,190 --> 01:26:03,360 I’m sorry. Could you speak up? 1151 01:26:03,485 --> 01:26:05,946 The tent was empty, Mr Barker. 1152 01:26:06,071 --> 01:26:10,284 She’d seen the dingo and the baby was gone. 1153 01:26:10,409 --> 01:26:15,581 Did you not ask her did she see the baby being carried by the dingo? 1154 01:26:16,666 --> 01:26:19,627 I don’t recall asking her that. I could have asked her. 1155 01:26:19,752 --> 01:26:22,631 You tell us you don’t remember? 1156 01:26:22,756 --> 01:26:25,342 I don’t remember asking that question. 1157 01:26:25,467 --> 01:26:31,098 Do you remember if she told you if she saw the dingo carrying the baby? 1158 01:26:31,223 --> 01:26:35,144 She never told me she saw the dingo carrying the baby in its mouth. 1159 01:26:35,269 --> 01:26:36,270 Pardon? 1160 01:26:36,395 --> 01:26:40,483 She never told me she saw the dingo carrying the baby in its mouth. 1161 01:26:40,608 --> 01:26:42,652 In her mouth. 1162 01:26:44,237 --> 01:26:46,030 In its mouth. 1163 01:26:46,156 --> 01:26:51,328 Did she ever tell you she didn’t see the baby in the dingo’s mouth? 1164 01:26:53,747 --> 01:26:57,292 - You’ll have to repeat that question. - Did she ever tell you 1165 01:26:57,418 --> 01:27:01,255 she didn’t see the baby in the dingo’s mouth? 1166 01:27:01,922 --> 01:27:06,385 Perhaps Mr Barker means not what you’ve heard her say... 1167 01:27:06,511 --> 01:27:09,931 She did... She did... She did... 1168 01:27:12,726 --> 01:27:16,480 - I’m sorry. - That’s all right if you don’t understand. 1169 01:27:16,605 --> 01:27:18,815 I’m not... 1170 01:27:19,650 --> 01:27:21,944 I’m aware of... 1171 01:27:22,069 --> 01:27:24,947 I think what you’re trying to ask me... 1172 01:27:26,448 --> 01:27:29,660 I’ll ask Mr Barker to put the question again? 1173 01:27:29,785 --> 01:27:31,621 Yes, please. 1174 01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:35,500 Would you put it again, please, Mr Barker? 1175 01:27:35,625 --> 01:27:40,755 Did she ever tell you she did "not" see the baby in the dingo’s mouth? 1176 01:27:42,966 --> 01:27:45,761 I can’t answer that question specifically. 1177 01:27:45,886 --> 01:27:49,681 Did she ever tell you she saw nothing in the dingo’s mouth? 1178 01:27:50,516 --> 01:27:52,685 She told me the baby... 1179 01:27:52,810 --> 01:27:57,815 She told me the dingo appeared to have nothing in its mouth. 1180 01:27:59,066 --> 01:28:00,526 I think. 1181 01:28:00,985 --> 01:28:03,655 When did she tell you that? 1182 01:28:05,532 --> 01:28:08,076 I can’t say. 1183 01:28:08,201 --> 01:28:10,245 I don’t know. 1184 01:28:14,792 --> 01:28:17,795 Get your face straight before Michael comes in. 1185 01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:19,964 He needs all the help he can get. 1186 01:28:20,798 --> 01:28:22,425 Well? 1187 01:28:23,718 --> 01:28:26,512 - How did I go? I want the truth. - You’re doing fine. 1188 01:28:26,637 --> 01:28:29,474 You had Barker working hard, sweetheart. 1189 01:28:29,599 --> 01:28:32,686 Jesus, mate, you’re a bloody bad witness. 1190 01:28:45,449 --> 01:28:51,456 If you’d been under the hammer for hours and hours, you wouldn’t be in a fit state. 1191 01:28:51,581 --> 01:28:54,334 He couldn’t answer the question because he was a mess. 1192 01:28:54,459 --> 01:28:58,004 If he makes Chamberlain look so emotionally incompetent, 1193 01:28:58,129 --> 01:29:03,385 there’s no way anyone will believe he could keep up such a fantastic story. 1194 01:29:03,969 --> 01:29:06,889 The clothing your child Azaria was wearing, 1195 01:29:07,014 --> 01:29:10,100 could we have the exhibits, please? The jump suit? 1196 01:29:10,226 --> 01:29:13,479 - How are you feeling? All right? - Yes, thank you, Your Honour. 1197 01:29:13,604 --> 01:29:15,565 Let me know if you’re not. 1198 01:29:15,690 --> 01:29:20,236 Perhaps I can approach this in a different way, Your Honour? 1199 01:29:21,946 --> 01:29:24,741 Without opening any of those articles, 1200 01:29:24,866 --> 01:29:29,496 can you confirm they were the clothing your child was wearing? 1201 01:29:31,498 --> 01:29:32,875 Yes. 1202 01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:35,669 Right, put the clothing back. 1203 01:29:35,794 --> 01:29:39,924 Please state what other article Azaria was wearing. 1204 01:29:42,301 --> 01:29:45,888 She had a white knitted marquee matinee jacket 1205 01:29:48,433 --> 01:29:52,145 with a pale lemon edging. 1206 01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:58,402 What approximate age was this matinee jacket Azaria was wearing? 1207 01:29:58,527 --> 01:30:04,742 It had been given to me by a friend who’d used it on two children before me. 1208 01:30:06,535 --> 01:30:09,580 Some of the jury are upset now. 1209 01:30:09,705 --> 01:30:13,293 We’ll take a short break. The court will rise for ten minutes. 1210 01:30:17,923 --> 01:30:20,884 - The jury were upset. That’s good. - If it was for Lindy. 1211 01:30:21,009 --> 01:30:23,303 If it was for the baby, it’s not so good. 1212 01:30:23,428 --> 01:30:25,431 Could be bad. 1213 01:30:27,975 --> 01:30:30,519 I can’t let that out any more. 1214 01:30:32,563 --> 01:30:35,650 Blowed if I know what I can wear tomorrow. 1215 01:30:39,112 --> 01:30:44,034 I’ve never seen you quite so large. Maybe if you cut down on the eating just a little... 1216 01:30:44,159 --> 01:30:47,079 You mean “quite so fat”, don’t you, Michael? 1217 01:30:47,204 --> 01:30:51,375 You hate fat, right? I’ve never been quite this fat, have I? 1218 01:30:52,751 --> 01:30:55,504 I’m twice my normal pregnancy weight. I wonder why. 1219 01:30:55,629 --> 01:30:57,673 You can’t stand to look at me. 1220 01:30:57,798 --> 01:31:01,219 You’re so afraid I’ll never get thin again, the way you like it. 1221 01:31:01,344 --> 01:31:04,430 You threatened once to leave me if I got fat. 1222 01:31:05,348 --> 01:31:08,393 Well, darling, if Mr Barker has his way, 1223 01:31:08,518 --> 01:31:12,022 the decision may be right out of your hands. 1224 01:31:20,239 --> 01:31:22,700 How are you bearing up, Lindy? 1225 01:31:22,825 --> 01:31:25,828 How are you bearing up, Michael? 1226 01:31:37,382 --> 01:31:40,469 Did you tell Constable Morris about the matinee jacket? 1227 01:31:40,594 --> 01:31:42,596 I did mention it. 1228 01:31:42,721 --> 01:31:45,057 He was on the move. 1229 01:31:45,182 --> 01:31:49,437 You heard him say that you said nothing about a matinee jacket. 1230 01:31:49,562 --> 01:31:52,189 It’s quite possible he was... 1231 01:31:52,315 --> 01:31:54,567 too far away to hear. 1232 01:31:54,692 --> 01:31:57,237 What’s so important about this matinee jacket? 1233 01:31:57,362 --> 01:32:00,156 It explains the lack of saliva on the jump suit, Mary. 1234 01:32:00,281 --> 01:32:05,078 You’re missing the point. If he can prove she’s lying about the matinee jacket, 1235 01:32:05,203 --> 01:32:08,874 she could be lying about the rest. If she’s lying, she’s guilty. 1236 01:32:08,999 --> 01:32:11,168 There’s none on the jump suit, 1237 01:32:11,293 --> 01:32:17,008 so she’s saying that the jacket is missing cos it had the saliva on it. 1238 01:32:17,925 --> 01:32:20,887 You told us yesterday, Mrs Chamberlain, 1239 01:32:21,012 --> 01:32:23,431 that when you saw the dingo shaking its head, 1240 01:32:23,556 --> 01:32:26,559 it was haIfway through the fly screen. 1241 01:32:26,685 --> 01:32:29,771 It was on the move, through the fly screen. 1242 01:32:29,896 --> 01:32:33,025 Do you know there was no blood found on the fly screen? 1243 01:32:33,150 --> 01:32:36,945 I presume there hasn’t been cos it hasn’t been mentioned. 1244 01:32:37,071 --> 01:32:41,492 Do you say this dog had its head half through the fly screen, 1245 01:32:41,617 --> 01:32:44,370 shaking a bleeding baby? 1246 01:32:44,495 --> 01:32:48,082 As I said again and again yesterday, 1247 01:32:48,583 --> 01:32:51,836 it was emerging through the fly screen. 1248 01:32:52,712 --> 01:32:55,507 Shaking its head vigorously? 1249 01:32:56,508 --> 01:32:59,636 I couldn’t tell you now whether it was shaking its head 1250 01:32:59,761 --> 01:33:03,057 "as" it was going through or before it was through. 1251 01:33:03,182 --> 01:33:08,312 Its obvious movement was shaking the fly screen at some stage. 1252 01:33:08,437 --> 01:33:12,900 It was a matter of from the time I first saw it to when it was in the back of the tent. 1253 01:33:13,025 --> 01:33:17,113 It was a matter of a few seconds. Very, very fast. 1254 01:33:18,114 --> 01:33:19,366 And moving. 1255 01:33:19,491 --> 01:33:25,080 What it had in its mouth, we now know, according to you, was a bleeding baby? 1256 01:33:27,124 --> 01:33:29,126 Well, that’s my opinion. 1257 01:33:29,251 --> 01:33:31,462 Pardon? 1258 01:33:34,590 --> 01:33:36,425 That is my opinion. 1259 01:33:36,551 --> 01:33:39,804 - Is there any doubt about it? - Not in my mind. 1260 01:33:40,805 --> 01:33:44,934 Is it merely your opinion or something you know is a fact? 1261 01:33:45,894 --> 01:33:48,563 Something my heart tells me is a fact. 1262 01:33:50,190 --> 01:33:52,651 Other people don’t think so. 1263 01:33:54,403 --> 01:33:58,574 - Did the clean fly screen surprise you? - No. There was some on the pole. 1264 01:33:58,699 --> 01:34:01,786 It doesn’t really surprise me that there was none there. 1265 01:34:01,911 --> 01:34:08,543 It would depend on the angle of the animal or which angle the wounds were. 1266 01:34:10,879 --> 01:34:15,425 Mrs Chamberlain, you say this child was in the mouth of a dingo 1267 01:34:15,550 --> 01:34:20,055 which was vigorously shaking its head at the entrance to the tent. 1268 01:34:20,180 --> 01:34:23,392 That is what you firmly believe. Is that right? 1269 01:34:23,517 --> 01:34:24,852 That’s right. 1270 01:34:24,977 --> 01:34:27,772 The dog having taken Azeria from the bassinet. 1271 01:34:27,897 --> 01:34:32,568 - "(whispers)" Azaria. - "(judge)" Take it steady, Mrs Chamberlain. 1272 01:34:32,694 --> 01:34:34,946 You saw blood on the parka? 1273 01:34:35,864 --> 01:34:37,198 Yes. 1274 01:34:37,324 --> 01:34:42,287 - Would you like a spell? - I’d prefer to go on with it, Your Honour. 1275 01:34:42,412 --> 01:34:47,126 I don’t want you to answer when you feel distressed. Would you like a break? 1276 01:34:47,251 --> 01:34:52,506 I’d prefer to go on. It’s been going on for two years and I’d like to get it over with. 1277 01:34:53,758 --> 01:34:58,304 You say the blood on the parka must have come from the baby. 1278 01:35:01,266 --> 01:35:02,392 Yes. 1279 01:35:02,517 --> 01:35:05,228 When it was in the dog’s mouth? 1280 01:35:05,353 --> 01:35:07,355 Somewhere around that time. 1281 01:35:07,481 --> 01:35:13,237 - What other time could it have come... - Look, Mr Barker, I wasn’t there. 1282 01:35:13,362 --> 01:35:16,866 I can only go on the evidence of my own eyes. 1283 01:35:19,452 --> 01:35:22,747 We’re talking about my baby daughter. 1284 01:35:24,332 --> 01:35:26,376 Not some object! 1285 01:35:31,715 --> 01:35:34,593 I know it’s difficult, but you must hold your temper. 1286 01:35:34,718 --> 01:35:37,262 - You sound too harsh, too angry. - I am angry. 1287 01:35:37,387 --> 01:35:41,892 It’s not going over well with the jury. Try and be more demure. 1288 01:35:42,017 --> 01:35:44,895 I am the way I am and the jury will have to get used to it. 1289 01:35:45,021 --> 01:35:49,400 Mrs Chamberlain, when this case is over, I will get the hell out of here. 1290 01:35:49,525 --> 01:35:52,487 You could stay here for a fucking long time. 1291 01:35:52,612 --> 01:35:57,784 - Don’t talk to my wife like that. - I’m told “Don’t talk like you usually talk”. 1292 01:35:57,909 --> 01:36:00,829 ”Watch how you hold your mouth, you look too sour.” 1293 01:36:00,954 --> 01:36:04,291 ”Don’t get angry. Don’t ask too many questions.” 1294 01:36:04,416 --> 01:36:06,961 ”And never laugh or you’re an uncaring bitch.” 1295 01:36:07,086 --> 01:36:13,092 I can’t cry to order and I won’t be squashed into a dumb act for the public. 1296 01:36:13,217 --> 01:36:15,052 Or for you. 1297 01:36:15,511 --> 01:36:21,476 Is it not the case that your husband declined to search on that Sunday night 1298 01:36:21,601 --> 01:36:23,812 because he knew the baby was dead? 1299 01:36:23,937 --> 01:36:27,983 - And he knew you had killed her. - Definitely not. 1300 01:36:28,108 --> 01:36:33,072 You invented the story of the dingo removing the baby from the tent. 1301 01:36:36,909 --> 01:36:39,871 I did not invent that story, Mr Barker. 1302 01:36:42,915 --> 01:36:44,959 It’s the truth. 1303 01:36:48,797 --> 01:36:55,012 The prosecutor put many questions to Mrs Chamberlain when she was in the stand. 1304 01:36:55,137 --> 01:37:02,895 But there was one allegation, a most important allegation, that was never put. 1305 01:37:03,020 --> 01:37:06,190 It was the allegation that would have started with the words: 1306 01:37:06,315 --> 01:37:11,571 ”Mrs Chamberlain, the reason you cut your child’s throat was...” 1307 01:37:13,073 --> 01:37:15,408 The most important allegation. 1308 01:37:15,533 --> 01:37:18,370 And it was never put. 1309 01:37:18,495 --> 01:37:21,540 It was never put because Mr Barker, 1310 01:37:21,665 --> 01:37:24,084 one of the best men in the business, 1311 01:37:24,209 --> 01:37:28,547 just cannot think of any reason why she would do it. 1312 01:37:30,508 --> 01:37:34,512 No doubt the ordinary crocodile would have gone out of its way to eat this baby. 1313 01:37:34,637 --> 01:37:40,185 But our experience as Australians tells us the dingo does not bear such a reputation. 1314 01:37:40,310 --> 01:37:43,730 Now, what is this dingo supposed to have done? 1315 01:37:43,855 --> 01:37:49,278 It managed, if her story is true, to kill the baby in the bassinet, 1316 01:37:49,403 --> 01:37:54,200 drag it from the basket, shake her head vigorously at the entrance to the tent, 1317 01:37:54,325 --> 01:37:58,162 then carry her off in such a way that left virtually no clues in the tent 1318 01:37:58,287 --> 01:38:01,082 in the way of blood or hairs or anything else. 1319 01:38:01,207 --> 01:38:04,961 It left no blood or drag marks at the entrance to the tent. 1320 01:38:05,086 --> 01:38:08,465 It was able to pass by the child’s mother, in full view, 1321 01:38:08,590 --> 01:38:12,219 without disclosing or revealing it was carrying a baby. 1322 01:38:12,344 --> 01:38:15,723 It managed to kill the child, with the jump suit all buttoned up. 1323 01:38:15,848 --> 01:38:20,770 If you accept Professor Cameron, it buried the body, having undone one top button. 1324 01:38:22,647 --> 01:38:24,816 So, all in all, ladies and gentlemen, 1325 01:38:24,941 --> 01:38:29,529 it was not only a dextrous dingo, it was a very tidy dingo. 1326 01:38:29,654 --> 01:38:32,157 (laughter) 1327 01:38:33,533 --> 01:38:38,121 There is some common ground between Mr Phillips and the prosecution. 1328 01:38:38,246 --> 01:38:42,626 That is that this is a case of simple alternatives. 1329 01:38:42,751 --> 01:38:45,254 Either a dingo killed that child 1330 01:38:45,379 --> 01:38:47,465 or she was murdered. 1331 01:38:47,590 --> 01:38:50,468 A dingo or murder. 1332 01:38:51,552 --> 01:38:56,766 Mr Barker shifted the onus of proof from the prosecution to the defence 1333 01:38:56,891 --> 01:39:01,563 by shifting the emphasis from the almost incomprehensible forensic evidence, 1334 01:39:01,688 --> 01:39:04,149 claiming it was a case of simple alternatives. 1335 01:39:04,274 --> 01:39:08,487 He also claimed the matinee jacket was a fabrication by Lindy Chamberlain. 1336 01:39:09,029 --> 01:39:14,327 Mate, that Barker bloke’s as cunning as a shithouse rat. 1337 01:39:14,452 --> 01:39:15,828 Beauty, eh? 1338 01:39:16,871 --> 01:39:19,082 2:1 against for a hung jury. 1339 01:39:20,959 --> 01:39:22,377 Shh! 1340 01:39:25,171 --> 01:39:30,177 If ever there was a time when dingoes were a problem at Ayers Rock, 1341 01:39:30,302 --> 01:39:32,763 it was in August 1980. 1342 01:39:32,888 --> 01:39:36,016 I ask you, and you’ll bear this in mind, 1343 01:39:36,141 --> 01:39:39,895 if your wife had murdered your chiid in that car, 1344 01:39:40,021 --> 01:39:42,940 what would you have done over the ensuing months? 1345 01:39:43,065 --> 01:39:47,862 Would you still have the car? Would it have been thoroughly scrubbed? 1346 01:39:48,071 --> 01:39:53,368 Would the scissors still be left in the car? Matters such as that. 1347 01:39:53,743 --> 01:39:56,788 If Mrs Lowe heard that cry, 1348 01:39:57,497 --> 01:40:02,962 you may think the only inference you can draw is that it was Azaria’s last cry. 1349 01:40:03,087 --> 01:40:05,798 That Azaria was still living. 1350 01:40:05,923 --> 01:40:11,429 She was not and could not have been lying dead in the car. 1351 01:40:14,224 --> 01:40:19,104 I don’t like the way the jury went out. They wouldn’t look at me. 1352 01:40:19,229 --> 01:40:23,358 - The judge summed up in our favour. - He almost instructed for an acquittal. 1353 01:40:23,483 --> 01:40:25,235 We’re home and hosed, mate. 1354 01:40:25,360 --> 01:40:28,822 Do you believe a dingo would take a baby? Yes or no? 1355 01:40:28,948 --> 01:40:31,158 - No. - What did Mr Harris say about it? 1356 01:40:31,283 --> 01:40:34,370 Anyone for a cup of tea? 1357 01:40:35,997 --> 01:40:41,419 - Can we sort out the blood thing first? - Forget it. None of us understands it. 1358 01:40:43,046 --> 01:40:46,091 The best thing for us is if she’s found guilty! 1359 01:40:46,216 --> 01:40:48,051 You’re a bastard, Mark! 1360 01:40:56,143 --> 01:40:58,688 Why are they taking so long? 1361 01:41:03,651 --> 01:41:05,695 Michael. 1362 01:41:06,696 --> 01:41:08,740 If I go in... 1363 01:41:10,325 --> 01:41:13,120 "(whispers)" ..I think we should get a divorce. 1364 01:41:15,414 --> 01:41:18,041 Nonsense. I won’t dignify that by discussing it. 1365 01:41:18,167 --> 01:41:21,879 - You couldn’t handle things on your own. - Rubbish. 1366 01:41:39,856 --> 01:41:43,902 Mr Foreman, if you’ll be good enough to stand. 1367 01:41:44,027 --> 01:41:47,531 Mr Foreman, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 1368 01:41:47,656 --> 01:41:51,327 are you unanimously agreed upon your verdict? 1369 01:41:51,452 --> 01:41:52,954 We are. 1370 01:41:53,079 --> 01:41:55,832 Do you find the accused, Alice Lynne Chamberlain, 1371 01:41:55,957 --> 01:41:59,043 guilty or not guilty of murder? 1372 01:42:00,253 --> 01:42:01,504 Guilty. 1373 01:42:04,633 --> 01:42:06,593 - Is that the verdict of you all? - Yes. 1374 01:42:06,718 --> 01:42:09,012 Bastards! 1375 01:42:10,723 --> 01:42:13,767 Thank you, Mr Foreman. You may sit down. 1376 01:42:18,814 --> 01:42:24,571 Alice Lynne Chamberlain, you have been found guilty of murder. 1377 01:42:24,696 --> 01:42:27,490 There is only one sentence I can pass on you, 1378 01:42:27,615 --> 01:42:31,453 that you be imprisoned, with hard labour, for life. 1379 01:42:39,169 --> 01:42:41,630 - Guilty! - "(whistling and cheering)" 1380 01:42:43,132 --> 01:42:46,385 - What’s life in this town? - For ever. 1381 01:42:50,223 --> 01:42:52,684 Watch him, he’s going to fall. 1382 01:43:06,615 --> 01:43:12,038 - Do you believe I’m innocent? Do you? - Yes, Michael. I do. 1383 01:43:12,163 --> 01:43:16,167 - Then how can they do this to us? - They don’t know you. 1384 01:43:33,018 --> 01:43:35,688 The prison car has arrived. 1385 01:43:35,813 --> 01:43:37,857 Mrs Chamberlain. 1386 01:43:43,696 --> 01:43:46,199 This is ridiculous. 1387 01:43:46,324 --> 01:43:48,368 It’s ridiculous. 1388 01:43:51,079 --> 01:43:53,123 I love you. 1389 01:43:54,374 --> 01:43:56,418 I can’t be without you. 1390 01:43:56,543 --> 01:44:00,673 You’re gonna have to now, love. And the boys need you. 1391 01:44:23,864 --> 01:44:25,908 The dingo was innocent! 1392 01:44:36,461 --> 01:44:39,548 ln a sensational conclusion to the most talked-about case 1393 01:44:39,673 --> 01:44:41,716 in Australian legal history, 1394 01:44:41,842 --> 01:44:44,469 Alice Lynne Chamberlain was today found guilty 1395 01:44:44,595 --> 01:44:46,597 of the murder of her daughter Azaria, 1396 01:44:46,722 --> 01:44:49,892 and sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. 1397 01:44:50,017 --> 01:44:54,105 Her husband Michael was found guilty of being an accessory to the murder. 1398 01:44:54,230 --> 01:44:57,066 Sentencing for Mr Chamberlain was postponed 1399 01:44:57,191 --> 01:44:59,777 until court resumes tomorrow am. 1400 01:44:59,903 --> 01:45:02,155 Gran, what’s going on? 1401 01:45:27,891 --> 01:45:33,522 Chief Justice Muirhead sentenced Michael Chamberlain to 18 months in prison 1402 01:45:33,647 --> 01:45:37,234 after he’d been found guilty of being an accessory to murder. 1403 01:45:37,776 --> 01:45:40,821 The judge suspended Michael’s 18-month sentence 1404 01:45:40,946 --> 01:45:44,325 in, he said, the interests of the motherless boys. 1405 01:45:44,450 --> 01:45:48,037 Placing Mr Chamberlain on a three-year bond... 1406 01:45:48,162 --> 01:45:52,292 What about the fuckin’ mother? Kids need their mothers. 1407 01:45:53,418 --> 01:45:55,670 Daddy! Daddy! 1408 01:45:58,590 --> 01:46:02,427 The government has again refused Lindy Chamberlain’s appeal 1409 01:46:02,552 --> 01:46:06,265 to keep her baby with her after the birth in Berrimah prison 1410 01:46:06,390 --> 01:46:11,729 where she is serving a life sentence for the murder of her daughter Azaria. 1411 01:46:12,438 --> 01:46:15,608 That’s it. One more push. 1412 01:46:15,733 --> 01:46:18,611 One more. Good. Good. 1413 01:46:20,613 --> 01:46:22,657 Good girl. 1414 01:46:26,745 --> 01:46:29,414 - "(nurse)" It’s a girl. - Good girl. 1415 01:46:30,499 --> 01:46:32,543 It’s a girl. 1416 01:46:38,049 --> 01:46:40,218 - It’s a girl. - Can we get a picture? 1417 01:46:40,343 --> 01:46:43,805 Here we go, Mrs Chamberlain. She’s yours to hold for one hour. 1418 01:46:43,930 --> 01:46:45,974 That’s all, I’m afraid. 1419 01:46:57,486 --> 01:47:00,614 You have to put your hand under her neck, like this. 1420 01:47:00,739 --> 01:47:02,783 All right, mate. I know. 1421 01:47:06,078 --> 01:47:09,332 Reagan. Bring us a towel, there’s a boy. 1422 01:47:11,376 --> 01:47:14,254 Come on, mate. I’m not very good at this. 1423 01:47:31,397 --> 01:47:35,234 Lindy and Michael Chamberlain lost their high court appeal today 1424 01:47:35,360 --> 01:47:37,320 on a vote of three to two, 1425 01:47:37,445 --> 01:47:40,699 ending over two years of legal and political battles. 1426 01:47:40,824 --> 01:47:46,663 (Michael) I am bitterly disappointed at the decision that’s been made today. 1427 01:47:47,331 --> 01:47:50,793 I’d like to affirm that Lindy and I are innocent people, 1428 01:47:50,918 --> 01:47:55,923 and that we will not stop fighting until our names are clear. 1429 01:47:57,133 --> 01:48:00,303 I’d like to thank those members of the public... 1430 01:48:00,428 --> 01:48:03,097 Jeez, talk about flogging a dead horse. 1431 01:48:04,224 --> 01:48:08,979 Finally, this case isn’t over... 1432 01:48:15,527 --> 01:48:17,571 Mummy! Mummy! 1433 01:48:18,072 --> 01:48:20,491 - There she is! - Mummy! 1434 01:48:20,616 --> 01:48:22,660 - There’s your mummy. - There’s Mummy. 1435 01:48:22,785 --> 01:48:25,455 Wave to Mummy. Let Mummy have a look at you. 1436 01:48:27,206 --> 01:48:29,250 "(Aidan)" Kahlia, there’s Mummy! 1437 01:48:29,417 --> 01:48:31,920 - There’s Mummy. - Mamma. 1438 01:48:33,838 --> 01:48:34,923 That’s your mummy. 1439 01:48:35,048 --> 01:48:39,011 Why do you believe there is such a surge of support for the Chamberlains, 1440 01:48:39,136 --> 01:48:42,681 despite the constant legal affirmation of their guilt? 1441 01:48:42,806 --> 01:48:45,893 Legal processes have prevented the previous submission 1442 01:48:46,018 --> 01:48:48,312 of much of the evidence we now present. 1443 01:48:48,437 --> 01:48:51,482 For example, it proves that the reagent used 1444 01:48:51,607 --> 01:48:55,153 to detect the presence of foetal blood, in the car and on the bag, 1445 01:48:55,278 --> 01:48:57,363 was not suitable for the purpose. 1446 01:48:57,489 --> 01:49:01,535 That’s supported in writing by the West German manufacturers of the reagent. 1447 01:49:01,660 --> 01:49:05,873 As for the spray pattern found under the dashboard, the “arterial spray”, 1448 01:49:05,998 --> 01:49:10,044 we’ve discovered the same pattern in 11 other similar model Toranas. 1449 01:49:10,169 --> 01:49:11,837 The substance isn’t blood. 1450 01:49:11,962 --> 01:49:15,216 It’s believed to be sound-deadeners applied in manufacture. 1451 01:49:15,341 --> 01:49:18,469 As regards the dingoes, further examination has shown... 1452 01:49:18,594 --> 01:49:22,307 The arterial spray was the same spray they had on 11 other modeIs! 1453 01:49:22,432 --> 01:49:26,811 Stop! We’re not having another dinner party ruined by those people. 1454 01:49:26,937 --> 01:49:30,816 I don’t care what new evidence you’ve got. She’s guilty. 1455 01:49:43,830 --> 01:49:46,124 He must have fallen from up there. 1456 01:49:46,249 --> 01:49:48,501 Stupid bastard, trying to climb that side. 1457 01:49:48,626 --> 01:49:51,338 Jeez, the dingoes have had a go. 1458 01:49:55,467 --> 01:49:57,511 Hey, look! 1459 01:50:05,728 --> 01:50:10,775 Five and a half years after the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, 1460 01:50:10,900 --> 01:50:15,989 - "police have found what is believed..." - Lindy, come and Iook. 1461 01:50:16,656 --> 01:50:19,409 The jacket was found during a search of the area 1462 01:50:19,534 --> 01:50:22,788 where the body of a fallen climber was discovered by a tourist. 1463 01:50:22,913 --> 01:50:25,749 The body was found 150 metres from the spot 1464 01:50:25,874 --> 01:50:29,211 where Azaria’s jump suit was found in 1980. 1465 01:50:29,336 --> 01:50:33,549 From Ayers Rock, police have found an article of clothing 1466 01:50:33,674 --> 01:50:36,719 which may be connected with the Azaria Chamberlain case. 1467 01:50:36,844 --> 01:50:39,347 There is a possibility it is the matinee jacket 1468 01:50:39,472 --> 01:50:45,687 Lindy claimed Azaria was wearing on the night of her death over five years ago. 1469 01:50:45,812 --> 01:50:50,108 The find is considered by the Chamberlains’ attorney to be significant. 1470 01:50:50,234 --> 01:50:54,280 The absence of the matinee jacket was crucial in Lindy’s conviction. 1471 01:50:54,405 --> 01:50:58,576 The situation with the jacket is that tests will be carried out in Melbourne, 1472 01:50:58,701 --> 01:51:00,995 to determine if it is the same jacket 1473 01:51:01,120 --> 01:51:04,832 Mrs Chamberlain claimed her daughter was wearing. 1474 01:51:05,750 --> 01:51:10,130 Why has Mrs Chamberlain been released before any tests have been conducted? 1475 01:51:10,255 --> 01:51:15,761 The jacket’s discovery has no bearing on my decision to release Mrs Chamberlain. 1476 01:51:17,221 --> 01:51:22,184 - What is your decision based on? - It has been on compassionate grounds. 1477 01:51:26,105 --> 01:51:28,816 Here she comes! Here she comes! 1478 01:51:36,366 --> 01:51:38,577 Oh, look. We’re here. 1479 01:51:40,370 --> 01:51:43,248 Oh, Michael, look at the ribbons! 1480 01:51:45,626 --> 01:51:47,670 Mum! 1481 01:51:53,676 --> 01:51:56,137 Mum! Welcome home, Mum. 1482 01:52:00,392 --> 01:52:03,061 Are you really here for good, Mum? 1483 01:52:04,771 --> 01:52:06,815 For good and ever, love. 1484 01:52:09,067 --> 01:52:11,070 For good and ever. 1485 01:52:11,195 --> 01:52:13,239 (applause) 1486 01:52:16,200 --> 01:52:17,118 Thank you. 1487 01:52:22,415 --> 01:52:24,876 Oh, look at this! 1488 01:52:25,001 --> 01:52:27,045 Oh, how beautiful! 1489 01:52:27,921 --> 01:52:29,965 Look at the flowers. 1490 01:52:31,383 --> 01:52:33,218 Where’s Reagan and Kahlia? 1491 01:52:33,343 --> 01:52:36,430 They’re supposed to be here. Jan was looking after them. 1492 01:52:36,555 --> 01:52:39,308 Take me a while to get this organised. 1493 01:52:39,433 --> 01:52:41,477 I’ll never find anything. 1494 01:52:41,602 --> 01:52:45,022 Not too soon. You might get culture shock. 1495 01:52:45,147 --> 01:52:47,400 - "(door slams)" - Mummy! Mummy! 1496 01:52:47,525 --> 01:52:50,612 Oh, Reagan. Oh, darling. 1497 01:52:53,865 --> 01:52:56,284 Hello, Kahlia. 1498 01:52:56,409 --> 01:53:00,205 Hello, darling. Don’t you look lovely? 1499 01:53:01,165 --> 01:53:06,253 - Such a pretty dress. - Mummy made it in jail. 1500 01:53:10,258 --> 01:53:12,468 This is Mummy, darling. She’s back. 1501 01:53:12,593 --> 01:53:14,637 Real mummy? 1502 01:53:15,513 --> 01:53:17,974 Real mummy. 1503 01:53:18,099 --> 01:53:20,769 Why don’t you give her a big hug and a kiss? 1504 01:53:26,024 --> 01:53:28,736 That’s all right. 1505 01:53:28,861 --> 01:53:33,449 We’ve got plenty of time for that. Plenty of time for that. 1506 01:53:36,035 --> 01:53:40,581 Today we can rejoice with the family as we welcome Lindy home. 1507 01:54:02,980 --> 01:54:08,653 Words are totally inadequate to say how we feel, 1508 01:54:08,778 --> 01:54:14,117 to express our gratitude for your love and your care and your prayers. 1509 01:54:16,745 --> 01:54:21,166 It reaches out to us like a blanket. It surrounds us. 1510 01:54:21,291 --> 01:54:23,752 It’s totally tangible. 1511 01:54:25,796 --> 01:54:29,258 The fight for justice has only just started. 1512 01:54:29,383 --> 01:54:33,554 You may think it’s over, but, believe me, it’s only just beginning. 1513 01:54:34,222 --> 01:54:39,394 It’s not only for us, for our freedom and to clear our name. 1514 01:54:39,519 --> 01:54:42,272 But it’s for all Australians. 1515 01:54:42,397 --> 01:54:46,235 We never wanna see this happen in Australia again. 1516 01:54:46,902 --> 01:54:49,488 God bless you all and be with you. 1517 01:54:49,613 --> 01:54:51,824 (applause) 1518 01:55:11,386 --> 01:55:17,143 # Praise God from whom all blessings flow 1519 01:55:17,351 --> 01:55:23,691 # Praise him all creatures here below 1520 01:55:23,816 --> 01:55:30,115 # Praise him above in heavenly host 1521 01:55:30,240 --> 01:55:37,247 # Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1522 01:55:37,372 --> 01:55:42,795 # Amen 1523 01:55:50,511 --> 01:55:56,393 Michael, now that Lindy’s out of jail, why are you still fighting? 1524 01:55:56,518 --> 01:55:59,187 (Michael) I don’t think a lot of people realise 1525 01:55:59,312 --> 01:56:04,067 how important innocence is to innocent people. 1526 01:56:15,496 --> 01:56:17,790 September 15 1988 1527 01:56:17,915 --> 01:56:24,214 Eight years after the disappearance of baby Azaria, 1528 01:56:24,339 --> 01:56:33,641 Lindy and Michael Chamberlain finally won the fight to prove their innocence. 1529 01:56:33,766 --> 01:56:40,815 All three judges of the Northern Territory Court of Appeals 1530 01:56:40,940 --> 01:56:46,321 exonerated the Chamberlains of all charges. 1531 01:56:46,446 --> 01:56:51,743 The fight to restore their lives continues.