Kathleen Folbigg pardoned and released after 20 years in jail

Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and released from custody, after serving 20 years in jail of a minimum 25-year sentence over the deaths of her four children.

This significant development has arisen following a decision by the New South Wales Attorney General, Michael Daley which is based upon summary findings prepared by the Honourable Thomas Frederick Bathurst AC KC who led a recent inquiry into Folbigg's convictions.

Folbigg was originally convicted of three counts of murder (Laura, Patrick, and Sarah) and one of manslaughter (Caleb) in 2003, with the Crown's case being that she smothered the children.

The children were aged between 19 days and 19 months at their deaths, which occurred between 1989 and 1999 in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.