THE heartbroken mum of a Cairns toddler left to die on a daycare bus has spoken out about her family s anguish and desperate bid for justice . Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, 3, known as Meeky , was allegedly left on the Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre bus on February 18 last year for more than six hours after being picked up by centre director Michael Lewis, 45, and worker Dionne Grills, 34. Both were originally charged with his manslaughter and Mr Lewis has been committed to stand trial, but a magistrate last month found Ms Grills had no case to answer and dropped the charge. Â Police officers examine the Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus in Febuary 2020. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE
The heartbroken mum of a toddler found dead on a daycare bus has spoken out for the first time about her family’s anguish and their desperate bid for “justice”.
THE heartbroken mum of a Cairns toddler left to die on a daycare bus has spoken out about her family s anguish and desperate bid for justice . Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, 3, known as Meeky , was allegedly left on the Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre bus on February 18 last year for more than six hours after being picked up by centre director Michael Lewis, 45, and worker Dionne Grills, 34. Both were originally charged with his manslaughter and Mr Lewis has been committed to stand trial, but a magistrate last month found Ms Grills had no case to answer and dropped the charge. Â Police officers examine the Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus in Febuary 2020. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE
Mother angry manslaughter charge dropped after toddler dies on Goodstart Early Learning centre minibus at Cairns
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Maliq s mother spoke at a press conference in Cairns this morning.
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The family of a three-year-old who died after being left on a childcare centre bus when temperatures reached 34 degrees Celsius, has expressed grief and anger over the dropping of a manslaughter charge against a staff member.
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The family say they want justice and hope a similar incident never happens to another family
The body of Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, 3, was found on a Goodstart Early Learning centre minibus in February last year