Kathleen Folbigg: Payout for woman wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years 'woefully inadequate'

For 20 years of wrongful imprisonment over the deaths of her four babies, Kathleen Folbigg has been offered A$2m (£975,580, $1.3m) in compensation.

Once branded "Australia's worst mother" but now considered the victim of one of its greatest miscarriages of justice, Ms Folbigg was freed in 2023 after a judicial review of her case found there was reasonable doubt she had killed her children.

Legal experts had estimated that the 58-year-old could expect one of the highest compensation payouts in Australian history - likely upwards of $10m.

However, on Thursday Ms Folbigg's lawyer said she had been offered $2m by the New South Wales government, a figure they called "profoundly unfair and unjust".

"The sum offered is a moral affront – woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," her lawyer Rhanee Rego said in a statement.