A court has knocked back a last-ditch bid from jailed mother Kathleen Folbigg to contest her 2003 convictions for killing her four infant children.
The NSW Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday morning there was an “ample basis” for a recent inquiry to conclude there was no reasonable doubt surrounding Folbigg’s guilt.
The decision comes weeks after 90 scientists and doctors petitioned NSW Governor Margaret Beazley to pardon Folbigg based on new medical evidence suggesting her two daughters may have died of natural causes.
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Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of murdering her babies Patrick, Sarah and Laura and of the manslaughter of her 19-day-old son Caleb in four separate incidents over a decade, starting in 1989.
She maintains her innocence.
In 2019 Justice Reginald Blanch heard an inquiry into Folbigg’s convictions, considering whether new medical developments pointed to her exoneration.
He concluded the inquiry reinforced her guilt.
But Folbigg asked the Court of Appeal to review Justice Blanch’s findings, saying he had made errors.
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