Kathleen Folbigg
Kathleen Folbigg after she was released from prison in June.
  • A woman was branded "Australia's worst mother" when four of her infant children died.
  • She spent 20 years in prison for manslaughter and murder until she was pardoned and freed in June.
  • Her manslaughter convictions have now been overturned.

The woman who was branded "Australia's worst mother" when four of her children died has had her murder and manslaughter convictions overturned.

Kathleen Folbigg, 56, spent 20 years in prison after being charged with murdering her children Sarah, Patrick, and Laura, and for the manslaughter of her child named Caleb, until she was pardoned and freed in June. All four children died between 1989 and 1999, with prosecutors accusing Folbigg of smothering them. The youngest was 19 days old, and the oldest was 18 months.