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 …