From 15m agoKey events2h agoNSW legal services call for investigation after reports police were directed to take ‘strong approach’ to enforcing Covid fines4h agoMatt Shirvington to replace David Koch on Seven’s Sunrise morning show4h agoChalmers says PwC scandal ‘a substantial breach of faith’4h agoExpansion of marine park a ‘huge win for world ocean protection’: PlibersekFilters BETAKey events (4)Craig Folbigg (7)Michael Daley (7)NSW (6)Australia (6)Tanya Plibersek (5)6m ago21.51 EDT
Daley has been asked what message he would give those who don’t believe she is innocent:
It is human nature to form a view and to make your mind up based on what you know of any circumstances.
No ordinary citizens have a sort of volume of informational detail before them. We just have to trust that the law did its job.
I have to say we have four babies who are dead. We have a husband-and-wife who lost each other. A woman who spent 20 years in jail. And a family that never had a chance. It would not be human if you do not feel something about that.
8m ago21.48 EDTTamsin Rose
Folbigg will be released “without delay”, according to Daley.
He said:
If she’s not out already, she will be soon.
10m ago21.46 EDT
The pardon does not wipe Folbigg of her convictions.
He said he was open to any legal changes that were required to avoid such a situation in the future.
While he would not take a view on Folbigg’s innocence, Daley said it was a tragic case.
He said:
We’ve got four little bubbas who are dead. We’ve got a husband and wife who lost each other, a woman has spent 20 years in jail and family that haven’t had a chance.
Updated at 21.52 EDT12m ago21.45 EDT
Attorney general offers his sympathy to Craig and Kathleen Folbigg
Daley said he spoke to Craig Folbigg to let him know he was thinking of him on this day as well.
He said justice has been done.
The result today is confirmation that our judicial system is capable of delivering justice and demonstrates that the rule of law is an important underpinning of our democratic system.
I thank the team on the inquiry for the work they have done so far. I also thank Mr Bathurst for the thorough and robust assessment he provided me which helped enable this outcome.
I thank the previous attorney general Mark Speakman and the NSW governor her Excellency the Hon Margaret Beazley KC AC, for establishing this inquiry.
Given all that has happened over the last 20 years, it is impossible not [to] feel sympathy for Kathleen and Craig Folbigg. I am glad that our legal system in NSW contains provisions that allow for the continual pursuit of truth and justice.
Updated at 21.56 EDT14m ago21.42 EDT
Key points from NSW chief justice’s Folbigg memorandum
The key points from Bathurst’s memorandum to the attorney general include:
There is a reasonable possibility that three of the children died of natural causes.
In the case of Sarah and Laura Folbigg, there is a reasonable possibility a genetic…
2023-06-04 20:42:34
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