In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was named Australia’s worst female serial killer. The court then sentenced her to 30 years in prison. According to the findings of the investigators at the time, the woman was to kill 4 of her children. And although no signs of strangulation were shown during the trial, it was found that the mother had strangled them. She spent 20 years in prison. However, as scientists have established, the woman was wrongly diagnosed.
Kathleen Folbigg acquitted after 20 years in prison
According to the world media, , in 2021, new evidence unexpectedly appeared in the case. Earlier, a group of respected scientists became interested in it. During the analysis, they managed to establish facts that shed a completely different light on the matter.
Researchers signed a petition two years ago to pardon Folbigg and release her immediately. Their findings showed that all of the woman’s children had a mutation in the CALM2 G114R gene, which could have contributed to death due to cardiological reasons. Therefore, it was concluded that there are serious and reasonable doubts on this matter.
BBC: This is Australia’s biggest miscarriage of justice
Finally, Kathleen Folbigg was released after 20 years in prison. Importantly, the woman maintained her innocence from the beginning. It was twenty years of agony for her. Now I wish her peace,” said Attorney General Michael Daley. As the BBC points out, the case has already been described as “one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Australia”.
Source: Gazeta
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