Barrister Robert Cavanagh criticises three-year wait for decision on petition for judicial review in baby death case

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated August 14 2018 - 8:41am, first published 5:30am
Petition: Kathleen Folbigg leaves court during her trial in 2003 for the murder of three of her babies and the manslaughter of a fourth. She is waiting for a decision on her petition for a judicial review of her case.
Petition: Kathleen Folbigg leaves court during her trial in 2003 for the murder of three of her babies and the manslaughter of a fourth. She is waiting for a decision on her petition for a judicial review of her case.

KATHLEEN Folbigg should be released from jail and a judicial inquiry held into “how a miscarriage of justice occurred”, said barrister Robert Cavanagh as pressure increases on NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman over the Hunter woman’s petition for a review of her child murder convictions in 2003.

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