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Australian Story - Season 30 Episode 36 -
Against The Odds
Against The Odds
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02:24Người tôi không muốn người khác nhé, tôi không muốn người khác nhé
02:33Vì vậy, tôi cũng như người khác nhé
02:37Cảm ơn các bạn đã theo dõi.
02:39Cảm ơn các bạn đã theo dõi và hẹn gặp lại.
02:54My name is Christine Huxley.
02:56I just want to clarify what's happening with Robert Black Farmer.
03:00What is his conditions for parole next year?
03:03When I heard the monster might be released,
03:06it is a little bit of a concern and worry.
03:09What security do you have when he's out of jail?
03:14He nearly took my life.
03:17He nearly killed me.
03:19You know, it's been 20 years but you don't really ever forget.
03:23You never get over it.
03:25What happens when he has shown no remorse?
03:28Farmer never admitted guilt.
03:31Never admitted having any role in the attack on Lauren at all.
03:37He's never explained why.
03:40If I was the parents, I'd be mortified.
03:44I'd think terribly about him getting out after what he had done to their daughter.
03:48But that's the system.
03:50He's a career criminal.
03:52He's been in jail many times.
03:55And now, here we go again.
04:05I'm two and a half, just over a year older than Lauren.
04:09She was my innocent little sister and I was always just there to protect her in any way I could from a very young age.
04:17Simone was always the one out there.
04:20And Lauren was more quieter and more reserved and sweet.
04:24And she was very conscientious of her work at school.
04:28I like school.
04:30And I love socialising with my friends.
04:34Lauren and I met when we first started Year 7.
04:41This is a really good one with Jen.
04:44I've got my arms around her.
04:47If we were going out anywhere, we'd always go to Lauren's house first and we'd get dressed and we'd all get ready together.
04:53And then she would take like a million photos.
05:00We had so much fun.
05:06This photo, it was just before the incident.
05:21I actually vividly remember the day of Lauren's attack.
05:25I was going about my day as a hairdresser in the salon.
05:30Lauren had come home from TAFE on the bus around 2pm, I think it was.
05:38I used to, you know, usually ring Lauren and make sure she was home and she was okay.
05:44But on that afternoon, I was really busy with clients so I really didn't get a chance.
05:55Around 4.35, I think it was, my phone was ringing out the back of the salon.
06:02And I ran to answer it and I missed it.
06:09I got a phone call from next door, Joyce it was.
06:13She said, your house is on fire.
06:24That day stuck with me for the last 20 years.
06:27It'll stick with me for the rest of my life.
06:30It was a hot day and over the police radio, we get a call for a house fire.
06:38Paramount of cars, Paramount of cars for a house on fire.
06:41We've got fireys on scene at this stage.
06:44There was black smoke billowing out of the top of the roof.
06:49Apparently the fire's in the kitchen and as far as they're aware radio, there's nobody home.
06:55I was sort of drawn towards the back of the property and for whatever reason, things didn't add up.
07:04Like there's no one home, there's a fire.
07:08There was some clothes on the washing line and there was some clothes in the basket.
07:14As soon as I pushed that garage door open, the heat and the strong smell of petrol really was quite overwhelming.
07:21Paramount of 1-4 only, go ahead.
07:23There was petrol like everywhere. She was covered in it, she was soaked in it.
07:28Right, I've got a female bleeding in the garage here, breathing.
07:33Lauren was laying there, I get towards her, she's gasping for air.
07:38She's got blood all over her face and all over her top.
07:42A couple of really, really deep cuts I would put on the top of her head.
07:47Copy, we'll get AMBATs on the way, about an age?
07:50Possibly 20, early 20s.
07:53Only really the people that were involved would truly appreciate just how extreme the violence was.
08:00Her injuries were so, so extensive, so critical that I think it's fair to say that minutes mattered.
08:08Sydney police say they're treating the violent assault of a teenage girl in her home as attempted murder.
08:15I just collapsed and, you know, you just go into deep shock.
08:21I just couldn't believe it. It was just like a bad dream.
08:26We arrived at the emergency and then I saw Chris.
08:30I just remember her crying out like, Laurence, she's been attacked, she's been attacked.
08:34We were in the waiting room, had no idea what was going on, how bad she was, how injured she was or anything like that.
08:44And we were all in complete shock.
08:50The first night I thought the brain injury was too much and she wouldn't survive.
09:01There was more than 50 fractures in her skull and face.
09:06I only gave her a 5% chance of surviving.
09:11The hospital staff had to prepare Chris, Pat and Simone that what they were about to see would be very, very traumatic for them.
09:24They basically said you need to come and say goodbye to her because she will not make it through the night.
09:29And I just screamed in disbelief.
09:35They begged me to go in.
09:37And I said no.
09:39I said if my sister dies, I want to remember her how she was this morning.
09:43She was unrecognisable.
09:58She was unrecognisable.
10:00She had her face just like swollen.
10:02Her face was out of here.
10:03Her whole head.
10:04Her whole head was, you know, bashed in.
10:06Put your finger there and that much of your nose, that's all she had but her face was all out of here.
10:11Yeah, it was all swollen and it was just horrible.
10:13And then she had all burned like petrol marks on her legs and her arms.
10:28All I prayed for was don't come to me and ask me to turn it off.
10:35Yeah, yeah.
10:36But we weren't going to do that Pat.
10:38We weren't going to do that.
10:39We weren't going to do that.
10:40We all stood around in a circle and we all said the Lord's Prayer.
10:54Then I collapsed and then my dad went down and my poor mum had to keep it together with Lauren upstairs being operated on.
11:04And my dad and I in an emergency next to each other in beds on drips because we were clearly in shock.
11:11They were like three days of whether she's going to make it or not.
11:14And they were the longest three days of our life.
11:23She is the most beautiful girl.
11:25So innocent.
11:27And she is never confrontational.
11:30We are at a complete loss as to why anyone would hurt her.
11:37So we had to put obviously it out there to get as many leads as the police could so they could do their investigation properly.
11:45She is a very popular girl but we certainly have no leads that would indicate who has committed this crime.
11:52This crime scene had a real level of complexity about it.
12:04We didn't know whether we were dealing with one offender or more.
12:09We didn't know where they were.
12:15I think they interviewed a lot of people who knew Lauren.
12:18And they were doing it thoroughly.
12:20They were working around the clock.
12:2224-7.
12:23They did not stop.
12:24We had to wrap a pretty tight ring of security around Lauren from a police perspective because of that ongoing threat until we identified who it was and got them into custody.
12:36We were kind of living in fear at that point in time because we didn't know why or what was the motivation behind this.
12:45You were looking around at everybody and anyone.
12:48Who could do this?
12:50Is it someone we knew?
12:55The fear we had was incredible.
12:58I was constantly, constantly having panic attacks, anxiety attacks.
13:03I was in fear looking over my shoulder.
13:08Lauren was in a coma for 23 days.
13:10So we had to be with her all the time just so that she knew there was someone around her.
13:16They say your ears can always hear.
13:21So we just talked positive to her, encourage her.
13:28Those early days, it was horrific.
13:33At any moment we had in the back of our mind that she could die, but at the front of our mind was she's not going to die.
13:40As we didn't know what her future was going to be, I said to my mum and dad, she needs to be christened.
13:53We got the priest in them and she got baptised.
13:58He blessed her and put the cross to the water and her whole body just moved her arms and legs.
14:04And everyone went, ah, and they were looking, oh my God.
14:12It was just a miracle.
14:14I just couldn't believe it.
14:17I just burst into tears.
14:20Because I thought my sister's coming back.
14:22She's going to make it.
14:24Loz?
14:26You alright?
14:31Righto then. Off we go.
14:33The breakthrough came late on a Friday afternoon and it was a DNA hit off the fuel tin lid that had been recovered from the scene.
14:50That DNA profile was identified as being consistent with a person named Robert Black Farmer.
14:55Farmer was named to police for crimes of violence. He had spent time in prison. He was on bail at the time.
15:07We were knocking on the doors of anybody and everybody who had ever come in contact with Farmer.
15:13Several days later he turned up unannounced on the doorstep of a friend. He made a comment around the fact that he'd done something really stupid.
15:27The day I got the call and I said, I'm not going to answer this. It's just, I've had a hard enough day as it is.
15:38And anyway, I said, I'll bugger it. I'll take it. I'll flicked it.
15:42And he said, we've got the bastard. I said, oh mate, you beauty.
15:46After a three week manhunt, police have made an arrest in the case of Lauren Huxley, the Sydney teenager bashed and left for dead in her home.
15:53Police took a 36 year old man into custody last night. Barefoot and dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, he appeared in court charged with five offences, including grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.
16:06It was such relief. Such relief. The fact that they got him when they did, as quick as they could, it meant that we could then focus on Lauren completely.
16:17When I came out of the coma, I had three months post-traumatic amnesia.
16:33Doors closing.
16:34My first memory was around Simone's birthday. I couldn't eat any cake because I was still being tube fed and they wouldn't allow me to eat any, which was so annoying for me because I love food and I love eating.
16:52This train will stop at Marion.
16:56She really struggled in the beginning. Things that you take for granted that are really simple to do, like swallowing, she really had to learn and teach her brain how to, how to do those things again.
17:08It was like seeing a baby all over, doing the small things in life and then challenging themselves for the major things.
17:19I found these things.
17:21Right. More pictures.
17:24Pictures, there's newspaper articles, but I found, um...
17:28Oh, the diary.
17:29Yes, diary.
17:30Dad would always sit down and he'd journal what day it was, what she was doing.
17:36The little things were like big things for us.
17:40The 10th of December, Lauren is becoming more aware of her hair and started getting upset and letting out cries.
17:49She looks with fear in her face.
17:51She was out of intensive care and she's gone to the brain unit now.
17:56I'm in a room with doctors and I said, look, just stop there, please.
18:00I know what I've got.
18:01I've got a baby in arms.
18:02I said, I've got to take care of her to the end.
18:06And I said, you make her live, we'll do the rest.
18:10And we did.
18:11No, we did.
18:13Yeah, we got through it all right.
18:15I've done dozens of stories over the years about families who basically look after a loved one who's been badly damaged.
18:27But this is exceptional.
18:30Many people say to us that families can be torn apart by such tragedy.
18:36The trauma that we were going through and the fear of the unknown of what was going to happen to Lauren.
18:43It consumed me in particular and I started to drink to numb my pain.
18:48I, I, you know, mum and dad couldn't deal with me and I was breaking.
18:52Oh my gosh, remember this dad?
18:54Oh, Christmas.
18:56Yeah, the stress and tension got a bit too much for us, didn't it?
18:59Oh, yeah.
19:00We all end up in this massive argument and it was, we were all crying in our corners and eating our Christmas lunch separately.
19:07I said, you know, all I want for Christmas is for Lauren to say, I love you mum.
19:13And she walked into the room and she's laying there and she opened her eyes.
19:19She recognised us.
19:21And she said, mum, I love you.
19:25I love you.
19:28It was just, it was the moment that I know I had my daughter back.
19:33When I first met Pat and Christine, they were shattered, they were broken.
19:44They were the quintessential Aussie family.
19:48I'd actually said to my wife, I would love to document this person's recovery.
19:52But I do remember how unstable she was on her feet that first couple of times that we went into that room.
20:00It was incredibly intimate, wasn't it?
20:03I've never felt more like an intruder.
20:06It was a privilege to be there and to see some of the struggles, the real struggles.
20:11The girl I met the first day was childlike.
20:15Being helped to get out of a bed, being helped to sit in a wheelchair, being helped to walk.
20:19That was really, really quite hard to watch.
20:23By the end of January, she was taking her steps and she walked past us with the physio.
20:28And I went, oh my goodness, that was amazing.
20:31There are quite a few pictures there where she's walking where you can see she's kind of lost.
20:36Like, why are all these people around me?
20:38What's going on? Why is someone holding me?
20:41But she had an inner strength that meant she fought through all of that.
20:45I love exercise, you know, to keep fit and tone my muscles and my balance.
20:59I was in a wheelchair and I remember even just walking up and down stairs.
21:05It was a lot for my body to do.
21:09As I had to learn how to talk, walk and eat at the age of 19, it was so hard going through it all.
21:17When the investigation was initiated, the most critical witness was obviously in a fight for her life.
21:23And we knew that it was going to be some time before we could talk to Lauren.
21:32The first time that I engaged with her was over four months afterwards.
21:37You know, when we spoke to Lauren, we didn't know what we were going to get.
21:43As it turned out, Lauren had no memory whatsoever of what had happened to her.
21:47I then sat down and told Lauren what had happened.
21:55Lauren was confronted in the house by the offender.
21:59There was certainly evidence of some significant struggle inside the house.
22:07It's quite clear from the evidence at the scene that, you know, the real level of violence that was inflicted on Lauren occurred in the garage.
22:13She was attacked using a pair of firebrow cutters.
22:20After the attack, she was doused in fuel.
22:25The offender has gone about a relatively elaborate way of trying to burn the crime scene down, burn the house down and ultimately kill Lauren by leaving her in the fire.
22:37But one of those moments of luck that you have sometimes is that the fire went straight into the roof cavity.
22:50I was in shock. I couldn't believe it.
22:53I'm thankful that I don't remember that traumatic experience because it would, you know, I definitely wouldn't want to ever go back there.
23:02The farmer's true motive was never, ever identified. He's never spoken to us. And that will always be a really troubling thing for the family.
23:15For two and a half years, they've all rebuilt Lauren's life. Mum, Dad and Simone have been a critical part of the rehab team.
23:23I think each time she spoke and each time the family spoke to the media, it was part of their therapy. They needed to explain what had happened.
23:35When you saw Robert Farmer in the newspapers, did you recognise him?
23:39No, not at all.
23:40No, not at all.
23:41So you're sure that you'd never seen him before?
23:43Yep, he was just a complete stranger to me.
23:48A Sydney man has gone on trial over the brutal attack on teenager Lauren Huxley.
23:54From the time of the attack on Lauren, it was almost two and a half years before the matter finally got to trial.
23:59We were in a position where we felt we had a really strong case. We had almost 300 witnesses in total.
24:11Lauren never came to the court case. We didn't feel the need for her to go there and have to really live that event because we didn't want anything to affect her constant healing.
24:23Oh, it's so tough being in the same room as Farmer. I just felt so sick just looking at him.
24:32The trial of Robert Farmer took six weeks, but the jury took just three hours to find him guilty of attempted murder.
24:39The day of the verdict, that was a big one.
24:42Lauren Huxley wasn't in court for the verdict. Her sister broke the news.
24:46I just said, hey Lauren, how are you going? It's guilty, guilty and guilty.
24:50As he was led from the dock, Pat Huxley yelled burn in hell at his daughter's attacker.
24:57On the day that he was sentenced, I said, well, it's time to bring Lauren along.
25:03I did go, but I didn't say a word.
25:07Because to tell you the truth, I didn't want the monster to know I was even there.
25:14We were pleased that he got the sentencing he did.
25:17Definitely a relief in that I could move on with my life.
25:27The sentence that he received was 24 and a half years with 20 years non-parole.
25:34Will that ever be enough for my sister? For my family? No.
25:38He got 20 years essentially and Lauren and my family got life.
25:46Look, it was just a relief. I just think it was the end of our journey where we had that in the back of our minds all the time.
25:54It was freedom.
25:55Hey guys.
25:56Oh, hey Jen. How are you?
25:57I'm well. How are you?
25:58So good to see you.
25:59Yeah, you too.
26:00After the court case, life did return back to somewhat normality again.
26:16Yeah.
26:17Or the new norm, I guess, that what our life now was.
26:22Thank you. Come through ladies. Take a seat.
26:25Thank you.
26:26Thank you so much.
26:27So Lauren and Simone went off to America and they had the time of their life.
26:32I was definitely excited, especially because I was 21 at that time and I was able to drink.
26:45I feel like I already know your order.
26:48Um, espresso martini, I think.
26:52She makes the best of every moment that she can, when she can, but it has its challenges.
26:58She defied a lot of odds. She, you know, learned how to drive, a car.
27:03She's got a job at the moment. She's just grateful that she can still have these opportunities just to live a somewhat normal life.
27:13With the job I've got now, I work in the city and I catch up with my friends for lunch or dinner or drinks after work.
27:24It's as normal as can be.
27:37You know, if you did apply for it, but you would let me know.
27:40As a family and Lauren is, you know, we're quite concerned about it at this point of time.
27:45He's coming up for parole next year in July, so he's going to be, um, assessed then.
27:55So they're just getting the ball rolling now so that we're informed and we can work it out from there to see if these,
28:02well, see what our rights are as well.
28:04That is always very confronting for victims and their families, particularly in situations where there has been no remorse.
28:15There's been no contrition. There's been no acknowledgement of the suffering.
28:22She doesn't like the fact that he'll be out again.
28:26And I think now she realises, you know, what happened and how much she had to suffer.
28:33I think she, she's very wary and quite worried that, you know, we might see him somewhere if he's, if he's around, near our area.
28:44So at least I'm retired now, so I could be here all the time. Not like last time.
29:02Lauren's an amazing auntie. Our girls, they just adore her.
29:07They understand that something happened to their aunt, but they don't really comprehend it.
29:11Obviously one day they will know, unfortunately, the full extent of it.
29:17But in the meantime, we are protecting them as much as we can.
29:22And particularly from the PTSD that, you know, I struggle with.
29:26I try not to think about it at all, about my incident or even what I went through.
29:34Because I've simply just like moved on. I don't want to go back there.
29:39The pleasure in life is doing what people say you can't do.
29:45They were wrong and I made it.
29:51Great passes, girls.
29:54I would love to eventually marry and possibly have kids if that happens.
30:01But, you know, let's just see what happens.
30:04I'm still here, even with all my scars and my injuries.
30:10At least I'm able to do the simple things in life.
30:15Oh, I got it. I'm on a roll.
30:18There's nothing stopping me now.
30:19There's nothing stopping me now.
30:49All right.
30:50Easy.
30:52I'm running now.
30:53The up, you can't do magic, everything.
30:54Yeah.
30:55Yes.
30:56Even when I peso only has two days off, I'll do magic to myself.
30:57I push me out.
30:59I'm running now.
31:01All right.
31:02From W хорошо.
31:04All right.
31:06Come in to my hands long.
31:07Then there's nothing wrong.
31:09To win.
31:11It's too disturbing.
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