Killer Folbigg tries to clear name

NOTORIOUS child killer Kathleen Folbigg will argue a former judge who reviewed her case did not “come to grips” with the latest scientific information after his inquiry concluded the evidence “reinforced” her guilt.

In 2003, Folbigg (pictured) was jailed for 30 years for murdering her babies Patrick, Sarah and Laura and for the manslaughter of newborn son Caleb in separate instances in the years after 1989.

She has maintained her children died from premature but natural causes.

Her supporters campaigned for a review of her case, which last year found no reason to doubt she belonged in jail.

Folbigg launched legal proceedings against the inquiry’s chief, former NSW District Court Judge Reginald Oliver Blanch, alleging he made numerous errors.

During a brief mention on Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard it would be argued Mr Blanch failed to properly accept the information collected by medical experts since the completion of Folbigg’s trial.

“I apprehend that underlying (Folbigg’s) stated grounds there is a proposition the judicial officer did not, in some way, come to grips with new medical — immunological and genetic — evidence post trial,” Justice John Basten said.

Folbigg’s legal team said they’d prepare a summary that would show a “significant shift in the scientific material” had taken place and cast doubt on her conviction.

The convicted killer wants the court to either quash Mr Blanch’s report or declare it “legally flawed”.

She also wants a new inquiry or Supreme Court case to be ordered by the Governor of NSW or a declaration of “reasonable doubt” as to her guilt.