Tracy Chapman is at the supermarket with her best friend, Kathleen Folbigg, and she can feel people’s eyes on them. They’ve seen them on TV and in the newspapers. Suddenly, a woman approaches. Tracy braces herself. Over the years, she’s been sent death threats, so she’s right to feel apprehensive.
But the woman isn’t aggressive. Instead, she reaches out a hand to Kathleen. “I’m sorry this happened to you,” she says.
The moment brings a lump to Tracy’s throat. It’s been a long, 20-year journey, but at last, the public are seeing what she always knew. Her best friend did not kill her four babies.
“When Kath was pardoned and released from jail, I didn’t know what it was going to be like,” Tracy, 56, tells exclusively. “There have been so many years where she’s copped it in