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Wednesday, April 24

"Watershed" court win in Keogh's search for answers

A landmark Supreme Court ruling today has brought Henry Keogh a step closer to finding out why the former Labor Government kept him in jail for almost a decade after a report cast serious doubts on forensic evidence against him.

Vic judges brought in to avoid 'conflict of interest' in Keogh stoush

Three Supreme Court judges have been seconded from Victoria to help resolve a legal stoush over advice from SA’s now-Chief Justice, Chris Kourakis, that was used to keep Henry Keogh in jail for a further eight years.

Henry Keogh at today's committee hearing. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

"What price would you put on 20 years?" asks Keogh

UPDATED | Henry Keogh has clashed with politicians in an intense exchange as he today faced parliamentary scrutiny over his $2.57 million taxpayer-funded payout.

"Understatement" to call Keogh a person of interest: SAPOL

UPDATED | The wife of Henry Keogh has slammed “political point-scoring” over his taxpayer-funded $2.57 million payout, as South Australia’s police commissioner today told a parliamentary inquiry it would be an “understatement” to describe him as a person of interest in the case of his fiancé Anna Jane Cheney’s death.

Keogh to receive $2.5 million from Govt

The Marshall Government will pay Henry Keogh $2.5 million after he spent 20 years in jail for the murder of his fiancee – before the conviction was quashed.

How could this happen? Henry Keogh's long road to freedom

In December 2014, Henry Keogh walked out of jail for the first time in 20 years. A year later, the case against him for the 1994 murder of his fiancée, Anna-Jane Cheney, was dropped. As Keogh prepares to break his silence, journalist Graham Archer reflects on how his long search for the truth became a battle with the justice system.