Two years after the death of a toddler left on a hot minibus in far north Queensland, a former child care worker has been found not guilty of manslaughter.
Cairns childcare worker Dionne Batrice Grills has manslaughter charge dropped over death of toddler left on minibus
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JanJanuary 2021 at 2:57pm
Dionne Batrice Grills read a statement outside the Cairns Magistrates Court after having a charge of manslaughter dropped.
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A former childcare worker has had a charge of manslaughter dropped over the death of a toddler who was allegedly left behind on a minibus, after a court found she did not have a duty of care to the child.
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Dionne Batrice Grills was found to not have a duty of care to the child
Charge dropped against childcare worker over toddler death A manslaughter charge against a childcare worker accused of leaving a toddler to die in a minibus has been dropped.
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Subscriber only A MANSLAUGHTER charge against a childcare worker after a toddler was found dead in a minibus has been dropped because she did not have duty of care for the child, a magistrate has found. Dionne Batrice Grills, 34, appeared in Cairns Courthouse on Tuesday when Magistrate Kevin Priestly discharged her of the charge, saying she had no case to answer and that a reasonable jury would not find a guilty verdict based on the evidence.