Fourth inquest in ‘dingo baby’ case

A coroner opened Australia’s fourth inquest into the most notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama in the nation’s history: The 1980 death of a nine-week-old baby whose parents say was taken by a dingo from her tent in the outback.

Azaria Chamberlain’s mother, Lindy, was convicted and later cleared of murdering her and has always maintained that a wild dog took the baby.

She and her ex-husband, Michael Chamberlain, are hoping fresh evidence they have gathered about dingo attacks on children will convince Northern Territory coroner Elizabeth Morris and end relentless speculation that has followed them for 32 years.