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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Olivia Ireland

'Didn't even think about my own welfare': Former legal worker explains attempt to cover up bashing

Loretta Tulikaki, who appeared for sentencing in the Galambany Court. Picture by Blake Foden

A former Aboriginal Legal Service worker says she "didn't even think" about her own welfare when she tried to cover up a brutal bashing to protect a teenage criminal she considered a son.

Loretta Alamani Tulikaki, 25, was given a suspended jail term of more than seven months when she appeared for circle sentencing in the Galambany Court, for Indigenous offenders, on Thursday.

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