Keli Lane (born 21 March 1975), an Australian former water polo player and teacher, was convicted of the 1996 murder of her newborn baby, Tegan, and of three counts of making a false declaration. [1] Her final application for appeal was rejected …

Mar 22, 2024 · Lane was a 21-year-old champion water polo player when she gave birth to her second child Tegan in 1996. The prosecution argued Lane murdered baby Tegan because it would interfere with her shot at the Sydney Olympics. She adopted out her first and third babies.

Sep 24, 2018 · Lane, a former water polo champion turned private school teacher from Sydney's affluent northern beaches, has never spoken publicly. She maintained her silence throughout a coronial inquest and her murder trial. Her letter to me was entirely unsolicited. She wanted me to apply an investigative journalist's blowtorch to her claims, warts and all.

Dec 14, 2013 · The former elite water polo player was jailed in 2011 for at least 13 years and five months for the murder of two-day-old Tegan almost two decades ago. She will not be released before May 2024.

Sep 1, 2023 · She wore baggy clothing around her family, but it was in the pool while playing water polo that it became obvious to some of her team members. But they did not say anything to Lane. As a teammate said during a recent docuseries: "Talk was everywhere."

Sep 25, 2018 · Lane, who played high-level water polo during one of her pregnancies, appealed her original conviction at the High Court. Her lawyers tried to argue for a lesser conviction of manslaughter but were unsuccessful. Her earliest release date is 2024.

Sep 28, 2018 · Perhaps one of the most bizarre details of the case, is that Keli played water polo for Australia, requiring her to present multiple times a week in front of dozens of teammates and coaches in a swimming costume.

Aug 31, 2023 · Lane, a champion water polo player and former Olympic hopeful, secretly gave birth to a daughter named Tegan in 1996 at Auburn Hospital. Shortly after her discharge, she attended a friend’s wedding, claiming to have handed the baby to its father on the same day.

Keli Lane is a former Australian water polo player, convicted of the 1996 murder of her newborn baby Tegan, and three counts of lying under oath. Lane is currently serving an 18 year prison sentence.

Aug 21, 2015 · Until then, her life in and around the trendy beachside suburb of Manly revolved around water polo, partying hard, drinking and men. She was once described by someone who knew her as a ‘keg on legs’ (Saunders, 2013).