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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

Two-year-old girl sexually assaulted at Victorian childcare centre, mother claims

Image of a child painting with their fingers
Two-year-old Emily was ‘triggered going down the same street as the childcare centre’ after she was allegedly sexually assaulted there. Investigations found there was ‘insufficient evidence’. Composite: Getty Images/Guardian design

A mother has claimed that her two-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a worker at a Victorian childcare centre but because there was no witness or CCTV of the alleged incidents, the educator is still working there and has not been charged.

Angela* told Guardian Australia her daughter, Emily*, had disclosed the alleged sexual offences in mid-December, when she was nearly three. She said that on multiple occasions Emily had named the educator and said the offences had taken place while her nappy was being changed.

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