Wednesday 6 September 2017

Child killer denied appeal against assault in Newcastle Court

BY JESSICA ROUSE

Child killer Kathleen Folbigg has had her appeal against an extra four-month sentence denied in Newcastle Local Court today.

The sentence was for punching a fellow inmate in April this year after she saw her walk out of her cell with a communal toaster. Folbigg snatched the toaster from the inmate telling her "you're not allowed to take the f---ing toaster in the rooms" which led to an argument and Folbigg punching the woman in the head.

Folbigg says she didn't even realise she'd connected until she saw the CCTV footage.

She appeared via videolink from Cessnock Prison where she was relocated after the incident.

Folbigg is currently serving a 30-year sentence for allegedly killing her four children over a ten year period. She's 14 years into her sentence.

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