“We’ve got four little bubbas who are dead. While he would not take a view on Folbigg’s innocence, Daley said it was a tragic case.

The pardon does not erase Folbigg’s convictions, but supporters were on Monday already calling for “very, very significant” compensation for her.īathurst is expected to complete his final report within weeks, after which time the convictions could be quashed in the state’s court of criminal appeal. “The past 20 years have been horrific for Kathleen, not least for the pain and suffering she has had to endure following the loss of her four children,” she said. She was subsequently released from the Clarence correctional centre, near Grafton, shortly after 11am.įolbigg’s best friend, Tracy Chapman, thanked all those who contributed to her release and supported her since the death of her children. This prompted Daley to recommend to the state’s governor that Folbigg be unconditionally pardoned and released immediately. Daley on Monday released summary findings prepared by an inquiry into Folbigg’s convictions, led by the former state chief justice Thomas Bathurst.īathurst told the attorney general that he had reached “a firm view that there was reasonable doubt as to the guilt of Ms Folbigg for each of the offences for which she was originally tried”.

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