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Is Kathleen Folbigg an innocent victim of SIDS? : Comments

By Bernie Matthews, published 10/12/2004

Bernie Matthews draws similarities between the Kathleen Folbigg case and others in Britain

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No she is not.
Perhaps mr Mathews might like to read the trial transcripts and diary entries made by Kathleen. This might allow him to make better more informed comments rather than these somewhat ill informed comments as in this article.
Posted by mathew7_6, Friday, 17 December 2004 1:31:16 PM
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I am aware of the ramifications of the Folbigg case. The conviction was based legally on circumstantial evidence. There was never any factual evidence ie confessional, dna, fingerprint evidence, eyewitness of actual murder, forensic evidence that conclusively proved Kathleen Folbigg murdered her children. She was not caught red-handed in the act of murder. The evidence that was offered by The Crown was all circumstantial evidence (which includes the diary entries.) It is similar evidence that convicted Lindy Chamberlain, Angela Cannings and a lot of other women. The Australian legal system is based on guilt beyond reasonable doubt. No matter how you want to twist the evidence to suit the propostion of guiilt there is a reasonable doubt. That doubt is magnified when you study the ramifications of SIDS and juxtapose it with the British cases. I do not know whether Kathlenn Folbigg murdered her children or not simply because I was not there at the time of her children's death - and apparently there wasn't any other material witness either or otherwise the Crown would have called them to give evidence. There is legal reasonable doubt when the Folbigg case is compared to the three British cases I outlined. That is the point I am making. Those three cases have set legal precedent of which Kathleen Folbigg is entitled to use as a basis for appeal against her conviction. cheers bernie matthews
Posted by kilos, Friday, 17 December 2004 4:35:44 PM
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if you suffer a mental depression are you a murderer look at the woman with the handicap child and was let off i dont think she did and i dont think she didnt i dont like the way the auther has pushed breast feeding or the fact that only she could hear the first or any other kid cry its the mums instinct to sleep light be a mum and see what it is like wether you handle it or not there is help if you want it the key words there are if you want it... i dont like eye for eye situations and murderers should be dealt with but who knows the other side there is two sides to every story and benifit of the doupt should always be given she looks guilty so lock her up lindy chamberlin looked guilty and wasnt kathleen obviously want well where is dad or so called hubby u cant be ignorant to some one that long i think he is just as guilty to have not helped her or told some one what was going on it was a bit late to come forward. if you ask me he new more than he wants to let on and to scared to come forward they are both weak cowards kids dont ask to be born and it takes two parents that are together to look after them where the hell was he it just doesnt sit right to me
Posted by shaza, Thursday, 23 December 2004 5:08:36 PM
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THE POLICE DONT CARE ABOUT JUSTICE AS LONG AS THEY GET A CONVICTION. EVEN IF THE PERSON CHARGED IS TOTALLY INNOCENT!

Kathleen Folbigg is innocent. I refer to the Lindy Chamberlin and Jonathan Manly cases Read His book "ENEMIES WITHOUT CAUSE". It's on the library shelves. Also the cases in England of Cannings and Clarke. They were convicted charged and found guilty of murdering their children. Now it has since been discovered that the opinion of the so called pinhead academic was misleading and their cases have now been overturned both have been released from prison. SO SHOULD KATHLEEN FOLBIGG BE RELEASED FROM PRISON NOW!
Posted by will win, Friday, 24 December 2004 10:58:56 AM
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You stupid stupid people Don't you know how to read, This woman duped everyone around her and all with the unwitting help of the authorities who were all to quick to assist her in her cover up by calling each childs death SIDS. The term SIDS ends all questioning, ends all doubt that may be directed at the parent/carer.SIDS is not an actual disease.

As to the husband, poor bastard, he was duckshoved from person to person in his quest to find answers to the loss of his children, maybe they died from this or maybe it was that fancy being told that over and over again and to make matters worse not once did any one in authority offer him any reason for him to then doubt his wife or suspect her involvement in the childrens deaths. No, this poor bastard was confronted with this possibility by finding her diary.It must have been the biggest kick in the guts any one could have gotten. Imagine, reading that your wife, these childrens mother actually hated them, couldn't stand the sight nor sound of them, only wanted them to shut up,and one day they did.(sic)

One day Sarah left....with a bit of help(sic). What else could that have meant, she didn't move out, she didn't go to live with any one else, she wasn't taken away by anyone alive, NO, she died, died whilst being cared for by her mother, while her father slept at the other end of the house, poor bastard. Do us all a favour, become more informed before you comment or make accusations or opinions.

Here's an opinion, 30 years behind bars for Kathleen with a chance after that of rejoining society. Calab, Patrick, Sarah, Laura, no life at all, still doesn't seem even.
Mathew 7_6
Posted by mathew7_6, Friday, 24 December 2004 12:23:05 PM
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hey mathew like you we are entitled to an opinion and no one deseves to be called stupid not even kathleen yes she is not a good person and i still think it would be good to hear her side of the story being a single mum myself and i dont have a mental problem but raising kids isnt an aesy job and they can stress you out its sad that some mums dont cope there is help their and she should have gone and got it i think as the husband and father he should have seen that she was repressing her feelings and should have told someone so they could all help her no its not fair he doesnt know how or why the babies died till he read the diary but come on he lived with her he had to see somthing wasnt rite with her after a couple of kids died the poor little babies they dont ask to be born and it is both parents responabilty to they are safe regardless take your blinkers off plz and try both side i dont like wot she did and there is no punishment good enough for her but i dont his ignorance to it all either he is dad for christ sake
Posted by shaza, Friday, 24 December 2004 1:51:29 PM
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