This archive report was first published on 19 July 2019.
Esther Arunga, a former Kenyan news anchor, has been reunited with her daughters, five years after they were placed under foster care. The reunion comes after Arunga's conviction for being an accessory in her son's brutal murder in 2014.
During her trial at the Brisbane Supreme Court, Justice Martin Burns expressed remorse over her situation, stating that she had suffered a 'great deal.'
Arunga's daughters, who were two years and six months old respectively at the time of their older brother Sinclair's death, were placed under foster care due to their mother's cultural beliefs, which led her to mislead police during investigations.
Justice Burns concluded that Arunga's cultural beliefs led her to mislead police, but also acknowledged that she was in shock and grieving at the time of her son's death.
Arunga was sentenced to ten months in prison but was immediately released on parole on Thursday.
It is not clear whether the father, Quincy Timberlake, the main suspect in the killing, is in police custody or at a mental health facility.
Report from Brisbane Times, 7News.com, and Australian Associated Press.
