The Latest Breaking News from Kathleen Folbigg

Upper Hunter child killer 'cautiously optimistic' ahead of findings

'She's cautious but feels very hopeful'

Newcastle Herald · Apr 28, 2023

Afternoon Update: Kathleen Folbigg case likened to Lindy Chamberlain; child labour charges against Muffin Break; and Tucker Carlson breaks silence

NSW prosecutors concede there may be reasonable doubt as to Folbigg’s guilt in two-decade-old case

The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2023

Kathleen Folbigg case 'like Lindy Chamberlain', inquiry told

Evidence suggests the children may have died of natural causes

Newcastle Herald · Apr 27, 2023

Calls to release convicted NSW child killer after bombshell statement

Friends and supporters of convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg are calling for her release after a bombshell finding by an inquiry.

The New Daily · Apr 26, 2023

Judicial inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg convictions told 'reasonable doubt' exists after new evidence

New genetic evidence shows a "reasonable doubt" over Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children, after a second judicial inquiry hears months of evidence.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2023

'Reasonable doubt' of Kathleen Folbigg's guilt, inquiry told

Former NSW chief justice Tom Bathurst KC is heading the inquiry, triggered by a petition from scientists.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 26, 2023

Kathleen Folbigg inquiry adjourned as police produce 500 hours of recordings from bug planted in home

The second inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children is adjourned until April after police tabled, at the last minute, recordings from a listening device that was planted in Folbigg's Hunter Valley home in 1999.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Psychiatrist quizzed over 'painful' Folbigg diaries

Tom Bathurst KC, who is helming the inquiry, described the line of questioning as an attempt to "undermine the statistical basis on which Dr Cordner has made his report".

Newcastle Herald · Feb 24, 2023

Professor quizzed over report 'bias' at Folbigg inquiry

A medical expert has been questioned about a report on smotherings at an inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg, who was convicted of killing her children.

AAP · Feb 24, 2023

Kathleen Folbigg diary entries not an admission of guilt, inquiry hears

An expert tells an inquiry that diary entries in which Kathleen Folbigg said stress made her do terrible things were an outlet for a grieving mother and not an admission to killing her four children.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023