Hannah Clarke’s lawyer Kelli Martin has revealed the moment she found out her client and children had been killed in a crime that rocked the nation, and the guilt that continues to haunt her.
The parents of murdered Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke have thrown their unwavering support behind Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll despite damning findings over a “failure of leadership”.
Hannah Clarke’s killer husband had ‘six to eight iPhones hidden around the house’ as he monitored her every move – but penalising that will now be part of tougher stalking laws to combat coercive control.
Hundreds turned out for the Small Steps 4 Hannah gala ball – in memory of domestic violence victim Hannah Clarke.
Nearly 600 people – including Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – turned out for a Hannah Clarke fundraiser last night with proceeds finishing a $6m townhouse complex for DV victims.
The deputy state coroner questioned every police officer who testified at the Hannah Clarke inquest, and what she found was disturbing.
A frustrated Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers has called for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to take domestic violence seriously and immediately fund a specialised police station trial.
Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband was so clinical and calculating in his murderous act that even the coroner leading the inquest into Hannah’s death was shocked to discover just how far-reaching and convincing his manipulations were.
Police missed crucial opportunities to hold Rowan Baxter to account before he went on to kill his ex-wife and children.
Rowan Baxter was unstoppable in ‘executing murderous plans’ that ended with the death of Hannah Clarke and his three young children, a coroner has found, before recommending an urgent upgrade in domestic violence training for some police.
A law that isn’t “used at all very often” in domestic violence cases is set to be strengthened when it comes before State Cabinet.
The macabre shopping list of Hannah Clarke’s killer suggests he might have had a more elaborate plan in mind. Did she derail it with her courageous fightback?
It’s been traumatic to relive the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children but if her parents understand the importance, we must too, writes Kate Kyriacou.
Rowan Baxter was so intent on exacting his murderous revenge on Hannah Clarke that little could have been done to save her and their children from the cowardly killer, an inquest has been told.
The inquest into Hannah Clarke’s death has heard nothing could have saved her from ‘evil’ Rowan Baxter, but there were ‘missed opportunities’ in the lead-up to her murder. It comes as Hannah’s parents reveal their surprise at some of the evidence that was shared.
Rowan Baxter called a men’s helpline on the day before he killed his entire family, denigrating his wife Hannah Clarke and claiming “I’m not the one with the problem”. READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT
A psychologist who treated Rowan Baxter has been lambasted over her dealings with the killer, for whom she wrote a “glowing endorsement” just days before he began penning a “death note”.
Chilling footage of Rowan Baxter perusing the aisles of a Brisbane Bunnings store looking for the tools he would need to murder his wife and children has been played in court.
The Hannah Clarke inquest has seen chilling footage of her killer Rowan Baxter shopping for the tools he would use to kill his family and played a call he made to a men’s helpline.
Killer Rowan Baxter acted like the victim and protested a domestic violence order saying he’s ‘never, ever done anything’ during an extended conversation with police weeks before he murdered his family. SEE THE FULL DETAILS
Body-worn footage of Hannah Clarke’s killer refusing to be interviewed has been shown to the inquest into her death as a senior constable who issued a police protection notice did not look up a risk assessment that showed he was a “high risk”. SEE HIS REACTION TO POLICE
The police union president wants an urgent overhaul of domestic violence training for Queensland Police as an inquest into the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children heard evidence cops failed to identify warning signs of her killer’s intentions.
Police footage has captured the moment on Boxing Day 2019 a distraught Hannah Clarke tells an officer her estranged husband has abducted her daughter, as officers have told the inquest into the death of Hannah and her three children more about their encounters relating to the man who killed them.
Hannah Clarke was terrified of her moody, violent and controlling husband Rowan Baxter. She tried desperately to shield her kids from the worst of it, but evidence before the inquest into her death shows she couldn’t always succeed, write Kate Kyriacou and Vanessa Marsh.
In harrowing testimony, Hannah Clarke’s best friend has revealed she was so concerned about Baxter’s escalating behaviour, she told police she believed he would ‘kill them all’.
Footage of a condescending Rowan Baxter blaming his wife, Hannah Clarke, when he was caught driving an unregistered vehicle has been released by a coroner. SEE THE VIDEO
The inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke has been told of a chilling “note” found on her estranged husband’s phone before he killed her and her three children, in which he said “I have told the kids that you loved them. They will miss you I’m sure.”
Hannah Clarke was at an extreme risk of domestic violence in the months before she and her children were murdered, with a shockingly high number of red flags of lethal risk identified.
Rowan Baxter’s former friends have detailed how the killer terrorised Hannah Clarke, and even plotted to kidnap and murder another ex-partner.
A friend of Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband has told the inquest into her death alongside her three children how he left a hidden recording device at her home, overhearing conversations she had with her mother where they called him a narcissist and other derogatory names.
On the side of the road, Senior Constable Angus Skaines stood with a horrifically injured Hannah Clarke, her children trapped in the smouldering car nearby. In a transcript obtained by The Courier-Mail, her heroic evidence, recorded by his body-worn camera, can now be revealed. READ THE TRANSCRIPT
In an astonishing act of bravery and strength, Hannah Clarke used the final moments of her life to ensure her killer would not go unpunished if he lived.
A deadpan Rowan Baxter ignored desperate attempts by neighbours to get him away from the car before they watched in horror as he stabbed himself in the abdomen.
Witnesses have revealed Hannah Clarke was screaming ‘I can’t believe he’s done this, I’ve got a DVO’ in the moments after her estranged ex set her and their three children alight in a Brisbane street. It comes as they describe Baxter’s chilling look during the attack.
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