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Australian Women's Weekly. Next week marks a quarter of a century since Keli Lane's daughter Tegan was born. At 25, Tegan would now be four years older than her mother was at the time she birthed and murdered the newborn baby.

Since being found guilty of Tegan's murder in , the case of the former champion water polo player — who had five secret pregnancies over seven years — has been the subject of debate and controversy. If you believe Lane, 46, who has fought for years to have her conviction overturned, then Tegan could still be alive and living with her father. Lane was a promising Olympic water polo star. But this man, who is allegedly named Andrew Norris or Andrew Morris, has never been located despite a police investigation.

However, Lane has never given evidence in court and has told eight different versions of what happened to baby Tegan over the years, according to former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery. So she obviously has had a whole life perhaps not knowing she is my child.

But Lane's public declaration of innocence fell on deaf legal ears. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Toggle navigation.

Library SuperSearch. Has Justice been Served? Year 11 Legal Studies. Keli Lane Tegan Lane was born to Keli Lane in Western Sydney's Auburn Hospital to Keli Lane on the 12th of September in , and was last seen two days later when she and her mother were discharged early in the afternoon.

And I certainly did not kill her. A police officer involved in the coronial investigation said Lane told a series of lies to hospital staff about why she was without any support at the time she gave birth. Lane told Exposed she concealed her pregnancies to protect her parents from shame and humiliation, adding that she was "young and frightened".

From a young age she had been trained to "hide what was hurting her" and she had learnt how to be "different things to different people", she said. Or not asking my partner to use protection.

And not having control, I think is the biggest thing — not having control of the situations I was in. Lane was found guilty of Tegan's murder in in a high-profile trial which exposed the web of lies Lane spun to conceal multiple pregnancies.

Lane's other unwanted pregnancies ended in abortions and adoptions, but she maintained Tegan was handed to the baby's biological father in an arranged handover at Auburn Hospital days after the birth. Lane initially told police the father's name was Andrew Morris, a man from Balmain in Sydney's inner west, who she claimed to have had an affair with for several months. But she later said his name was Andrew Norris, a discrepancy which further aroused police suspicions she was lying about what happened.

What police did discover was a pattern of deception Lane used to conceal her pregnancies from family and friends. Keli Lane falls pregnant for the first time, she is 17 years old and in her final year of high school. She tells her boyfriend and together they decide to have a termination. Keli Lane carries her third pregnancy to full term and gives birth to a healthy baby girl in March.

She conceals the pregnancy and birth from family and friends and puts the baby up for adoption. Keli Lane falls pregnant for the fourth time and carries a second child to term. Keli gives birth to her second child, a baby girl who she names Tegan. Tegan is born at Auburn Hospital in Sydney's west. Case worker John Borovnik is handling the boy's adoption, and becomes suspicious when Keli Lane denies she gave birth to a child in Keli Lane is interviewed by police for the first time.

She says she gave Tegan to the natural father, and agrees his name is Andrew Morris. Keli Lane is interviewed for the second time by police.

Keli Lane is interviewed for a third time by police. She is told they don't believe her story, and the case will go to an inquest. This is the first day of the inquest into the disappearance of Tegan Lane, with a non-publication order placed on the entire matter.

The case is adjourned until October 27, , when the non-publication order is lifted. After 18 months, the inquest finishes. State Coroner John Abernethy says he is comfortably satisfied Tegan Lane is dead, but says there is insufficient evidence to establish place, manner and cause of death. Keli Lane is found guilty of murder and three counts of making a false statement by a majority verdict Keli Lane is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 13 years and 5 months.