Overview
- On Father’s Day 2005 near Winchelsea in Victoria, Farquharson drove his car into a dam, killing his sons Jai, Tyler, and Bailey.
- Victoria Police crash reconstructions indicated the vehicle was steered three times off the road, including a maneuver that avoided a tree.
- Eyewitness Dawn Waite told the court she did not see the driver coughing and watched the car veer right before leaving the roadway.
- Defense testimony described episodes where Farquharson allegedly collapsed from coughing, and he said he dived repeatedly to try to reach the boys.
- In 2024 the Victoria government removed Farquharson’s name from the boys’ headstone and revoked his rights to be buried beside them.