 Muirhead presided over Australia's most famous criminal murder trial, that of R v Chamberlain & Chamberlain, when Lindy and Michael Chamberlain were charged with the murder of their daughter Azaria.He sentenced Lindy to life imprisonment on 29 October 1982.In the 1988 film "Evil Angels", which was based on the events surrounding the trial, Muirhead is portrayed by the actor Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.