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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

From Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ to a state pardon: how Kathleen Folbigg walked free

Kathleen Folbigg appears on a video link screened a the NSW Coroners Court, Sydney
‘It is impossible to comprehend the injury that has been inflicted upon Kathleen Folbigg,’ says her lawyer, Rhanee Rego. Photograph: Peter Rae/AAP

It was four short questions during a nine-hour police interview in 1999 that made Kathleen Folbigg fully comprehend what was happening.

“Kathy, did you kill Caleb?” asks the officer sitting next to her in a small room at a police station near the banks of Australia’s Hunter River.

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