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ARTICLE · 24 MAY 2022

Convicted multiple child murderer to have case reassessed

New evidence meets the criteria sufficient for it to be explored & tested to determine whether or not it casts questionable doubt.

AustraliaCriminal Law

A woman convicted of killing her four children will have the case against her reassessed after the New South Wales Attorney-General recommended a fresh look at her case. 

The story so far…

In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of the murder of three of her children, who died in separate incidents between February 1989 and March 1999. 

Patrick Allen (eight months of age), Sarah Kathleen ( ten months) and Laura Elizabeth (nineteen months). 

She was also convicted of manslaughter in relation to the death of her fourth child, Caleb Gibson (aged just nineteen days). 

At the time, Kathleen Folbigg was dubbed one of Australia's most notorious ‘child killers'. 

She has always maintained her innocence, vehemently asserting that each of her children died of natural causes.

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