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Cairns court hears ex-childcare manager allegedly said he ‘killed’ child left on bus

A Far North Queensland court has heard the former manager of a childcare centre, charged with manslaughter over the death of a toddler inside the centre’s minibus, allegedly told a paramedic he “killed the child”.
Key points:
- The three-year-old’s body was found on the childcare centre bus last February
- Police allege Michael Glenn Lewis and Dionne Batrice Grills failed to take the boy off the bus
- The first paramedic on the scene gave evidence at Ms Grills committal hearing
The body of three-year-old Malik Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo was found on a Goodstart Early Learning centre bus at Edmonton, south of Cairns, in February last year.
Police allege he was left on the bus for about six hours before the alarm was raised.
Former centre director…
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