STORY: "Henry Keogh’s new wife Faye Hambour says she initially thought him guilty, but now believes him innocent," by reporter Andrew Dowdell, published by Adelaide Now on July 9, 2016.
- BOMBSHELL: Henry Keogh murder charged dropped by the DPP
- ANALYSIS: Why this move doesn’t guarantee Keogh compensation
- THE MYSTERY: The unexplained death of Anna-Jane Cheney
GIST: "HAVING
spent almost 20 years in jail after being convicted of murdering his
fiancee, a now free Henry Keogh has married a woman who admits to
initially having no doubt that he was guilty.
Faye
Hambour, who fell in love with Keogh after years of visiting him as a
friend and working on his appeals for freedom, said he was readjusting
to life outside jail for the murder of his fiancee, Anna-Jane Cheney, in
1994. Keogh, 62, tells of his conviction for murder and his fight to clear his name in an exclusive interview on Channel 7’s Sunday Night program at 7pm on Sunday night.
His conviction was set aside and prosecutors abandoned a planned retrial, which leaves him free but not exonerated. Ms Hambour, 65, told the Sunday Mail
that while Keogh was tired of the legal system, he planned to take
civil action against the state over flawed forensic evidence at trial
that was put forward by Dr Colin Manock.........Eventually she started visiting him in prison as a friend in 2009. During
a jail visit about three years ago, Ms Hambour said their friendship
unexpectedly blossomed into something deeper. She said they were both
reluctant to form a jailhouse relationship when there was no guarantee
Keogh would be released. “He
once said to me ‘I don’t do hope’, and that killed me. The tragedy of
someone who had been locked away on a trumped-up charge for a murder
that didn’t even happen, and I knew that in my heart and in my head,”
she said. “Henry
is incredibly pragmatic and a realist. Honestly, I think it took until
the day he was driven from Cadell (prison) to the Supreme Court and told
he was to be released. He had victory snatched from him so many times
and he said ‘Why would I allow myself to hope for something that may
never happen?’”
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