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Cairns childcare worker acquitted of manslaughter over toddler’s minibus death
Wednesday January 20, 2021
A former childcare worker has been acquitted of a charge of manslaughter over the death of a Cairns toddler who was allegedly left behind on a minibus, after a court found she did not have a duty of care to the child.
Dionne Batrice Grills read a statement outside the Cairns Magistrates Court after having a charge of manslaughter dropped. Photo: ABC News/Mark Rigby
Dionne Batrice Grills, 34, was one of two people charged with manslaughter over the death of Malik Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, 3, who was found dead on a Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus…
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