However, in accordance with "No body, No parole" laws in New South Wales, Keli Lane was denied parole on 22 March 2024 and remains incarcerated in the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre, a maximum-security facility in New South Wales.
25 Facts About Keli Lane
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Keli Lane went on to hold a position as sports convener at Ravenswood where her credentials are listed in the school year book as a degree qualified teacher with honours.
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An elite water polo player at national and international level, Keli Lane was a member of the silver medal-winning Australian Junior Women's team at the 1995 World Championships in Quebec, Canada in which she competed just months after giving birth to her first child, whom she gave up for adoption.
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Less than two days later, and prior to being discharged, Keli Lane left the hospital with Tegan at around 11 am-12 pm and by 3 pm, she arrived at her parents home alone.
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In 1999,25 weeks pregnant with her third child, Keli Lane flew to Queensland to seek a late term abortion.
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Keli Lane was refused due to the foetus being of a viable gestation.
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Three months later, in May 1999, Keli Lane gave birth to a boy who she decided to put up for adoption.
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Keli Lane advised a social worker that this was her first child and that Gillies was the father.
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When confronted with these allegations in October 1999, Keli Lane initially denied the existence of the two earlier children.
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Keli Lane alleges in her police interviews Norris' long-term partner, Melanie, lived there as she often saw female apparel strewn around the unit.
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Keli Lane told police she handed the baby over to Norris in the Auburn Hospital car park but later changed this story to state it was inside the hospital foyer.
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Sightings of Norris were reported at the Sydney Aquarium but discounted as according to Caroline Meldrum Hanna on the ABC Exposed Documentary post screening, Keli Lane had told her "Andrew had no interest in water".
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Two girls named Tegan Keli Lane were found in Queensland and another possibility was picked up on a Torres Strait island.
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Keli Lane pleaded not guilty, and the matter went to trial by jury.
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The Crown alleged that Keli Lane became pregnant five times over seven years during the 1990s; terminating the first two pregnancies, placing two babies up for adoption, and allegedly murdering her baby, Tegan, on 14 September 1996.
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The jury heard that Keli Lane concealed her pregnancies from her family and friends in order to protect her personal image and reputation.
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The Crown produced evidence that, as a motive for murder, Keli Lane was prepared to abandon her children at birth to increase her chances of representing Australia in water polo at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
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On 15 April 2011, Keli Lane was sentenced to 18 years' jail expiring on 12 December 2028, with a non-parole period of 13 years and five months.
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Keli Lane became eligible for parole on 12 May 2024.
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Lawyers acting for Keli Lane lodged an appeal against her conviction on 18 April 2011.
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Some news reports allege that, since being jailed, Keli Lane has been attacked by other inmates, causing facial injuries.
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Keli Lane made a further application for leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia, and that application was rejected in August 2014.
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Keli Lane was denied parole on 22 March 2024 in accordance with the "No body, No parole" laws of New South Wales.
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Higginson stated that Keli Lane was a witness in the government inquiry against Astill, who was jailed in 2023 for assaulting multiple incarcerated women.
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In September 2018, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired a three part documentary, an opinion piece, which featured interviews with Keli Lane, conducted via numerous six-minute telephone calls from inside jail of which a small percentage were included and edited down for production space.