Her appeal had been based on new scientific evidence including the children's genome sequencing. The three appeal court judges found that there was ample evidence for Blanch to conclude Folbigg was guilty. "This was not a case in which the ... conclusion was at odds with scientific evidence," the judges wrote of Blanch's findings. The Australian Academy of Science President John Shine accused the three appeals court judges of adopting the same "incorrect conclusions about the genetic evidence" as Blanch. "It is deeply concerning that there is not a mechanism to appropriately weigh up all medical and scientific evidence in a case of this nature," Shine said.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 06, 2021 07:48 UTC