Dingo took Azaria likely finding: lawyer

12 Jun 2012, 9:13 am   -   Source: AAP
Mr Tipple said the coroner had been presented with fresh evidence detailing 11 serious dingo attacks that had occurred since the last inquest into Azaria's death in 1995. (Getty)

Mr Tipple said the coroner had been presented with fresh evidence detailing 11 serious dingo attacks that had occurred since the last inquest into Azaria's death in 1995. (Getty)

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton's lawyer has indicated he expects a Northern Territory coroner to find that Azaria was taken by a dingo.

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Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton's lawyer has indicated he expects a Northern Territory coroner to find that her daughter Azaria was taken by a dingo.

The findings of a fourth coronial inquest into the disappearance of the nine-week-old baby at Uluru in 1980 will be handed down in Darwin on Tuesday.

Asked if he was confident of the outcome, lawyer Stuart Tipple replied: "I think it's wrong to ever say one is confident in judicial matters.

"I certainly agree with the counsel assisting the inquest with his recommendation and given that his recommendation is the same as ours, you would expect that would follow."

Mr Tipple said the coroner had been presented with fresh evidence detailing 11 serious dingo attacks that had occurred since the last inquest into Azaria's death in 1995.

If the inquest finds a dingo most likely killed the child, Azaria's death certificate could be officially changed from "unknown".

But Mr Tipple rejected the suggestion the Chamberlains wanted to put to rest any doubts about their innocence.

"I don't really think that anybody that is right thinking or really studied the evidence could possibly entertain that Lindy or Michael are involved," he told ABC Radio on Tuesday.

"There have been enough judicial decisions about that, this is really just the final public record that needs to be corrected."

Mr Tipple says that from his experience all parents who have lost children in tragic circumstances share a common view.

"They really want to make sure this doesn't happen to another family and to another parent," he said.

"It's not really just a cause or a journey for themselves."

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, who was originally jailed over Azaria's death, arrived in Darwin on Monday.

She is expected to be in a packed courtroom when NT coroner Elizabeth Morris delivers her findings on Tuesday morning.

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