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court reporter Jamelle Wells

Kathleen Folbigg inquiry told gene mutation 'reasonable explanation' for death of two babies

Kathleen Folbigg was jailed for 25 years for killing her four children. (ABC News: Liv Casben)

A genetics expert who visited Kathleen Folbigg in jail to get her medical history has told an inquiry a rare genetic mutation may have led to the deaths of two of her four children. 

A second judicial inquiry is underway into the convictions of Folbigg, 55, for killing her children, Sara, Laura, Caleb and Patrick, who were all under the age of two. 

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