The mother of a child who died on a minibus in February last year said she was thankful for the decision to convict a former Cairns childcare director.
Mchael Lewis was sentenced to six years in jail for manslaughter over the death of three-year-old, Maliq Nicholas Lloyd Namok-Malamoo, known to his family as "Meeky".
Meeky's mother, Muriel Namok said she was content with the decision handed down in court.
"Thank you to the Child Protection Investigation Unit and the DPP for their support," Ms Namok said.
Lewis had collected the boy with the Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus but failed to take the boy off the minibus after arriving at the daycare centre.