Folbigg’s judicial review application was dismissed on Wednesday with the appeal court saying there was “ample basis” for Blanch’s ultimate conclusion. “This was not a case in which the judicial officer’s conclusion was at odds with the scientific evidence,” the court said. “The scientific evidence raised a theoretical possibility that there were innocent explanations for the deaths of the two girls. Thus, the girls’ deaths were outliers in comparison to those reported in scientific literature, the appeal court said. The petition is currently before NSW governor Margaret Beazley, who served six years as president of the NSW court of appeal before her 2019 appointment to Government House.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2021 00:10 UTC