Warning: This story contains details that may distress some readers. Six primary school children — Zane Mellor, Peter Dodt, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan, and Chace Harrison— died, and three of their classmates were seriously injured, when a jumping castle was lifted into the air by a "mini tornado" on December 16, 2021, at an end-of-year celebration. Prosecutors …
A decision may not be made until next year on whether the operator of the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle failed in her workplace health and safety duties, a Tasmanian court has heard. Devonport Magistrates Court has heard a "mini tornado" swept through the grounds of the primary school at its end-of-year celebrations on December 16, 2021, and pulled a …
Warning: This story contains details that may distress some readers. A criminal case into the deaths of six Tasmanian primary school students has heard children were seen falling from a jumping castle as a "mini tornado" carried it 20 metres into the air. The court was told the weather was otherwise fine, but what is commonly known as a "dust …
In short: Rosemary Anne Gamble, the Hillcrest jumping castle operator, entered a plea of not guilty to a failure to comply with health and safety duty over the deaths of six school children. Rosemary Anne Gamble, the Hillcrest jumping castle operator, entered a plea of not guilty to a failure to comply with health and safety duty over the deaths …