Rare gene shared by Kathleen Folbigg and two daughters may have contributed to deaths, inquiry hears
by Nino Bucci from World news | The Guardian on (#65SWC)
Lawyers for convicted mother said if variant was a factor in deaths of her daughters it would create reasonable doubt
An exceptionally rare genetic variant shared by Kathleen Folbigg and her two daughters may have contributed to the deaths of the children, a judicial inquiry has heard.
Lawyers for Kathleen Folbigg, who has been convicted of the deaths of her four infant children between 20 February 1989 and 1 March 1999, said that if the variant was a factor in the deaths of her daughters it would create reasonable doubt in relation to the other two cases.
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