Mum sues childcare centre after toddler's bus death Four years after a toddler was left on bus outside a childcare centre and died of heat stress, his mother is suing the far north Queensland facility. AAP · Jul 9, 2024
Toddler in critical condition after being found unconscious on a bus at Queensland childcare centre Three-year-old girl found just before 3pm in parked bus at Gracemere near Rockhampton The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022
Woman not guilty of Qld boy's bus death A former child care worker has been found not guilty of manslaughter after a toddler died when he was left for hours on a hot minibus in Queensland. AAP · Apr 21, 2022
Dionne Batrice Grills found not guilty of manslaughter after toddler's daycare minibus death After a five-day trial, Dionne Batrice Grills has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of three-year-old Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo. ABC News · Apr 21, 2022
Dionne Batrice Grills manslaughter trial hears childcare worker didn't owe toddler duty of care A prosecutor tells a Supreme Court jury that childcare worker Dionne Batrice Grills walked away from a bus that had a toddler on board hours before his death. Her lawyer says the three-year-old was not her responsibility. ABC News · Apr 20, 2022
Dionne Batrice Grills manslaughter trial hears ex-director asked her to get toddler off minibus Jailed childcare centre director Michael Glenn Lewis tells the Supreme Court in Cairns that he asked Dionne Batrice Grills to help Maliq "Meeky" Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, three, off the bus where he died. ABC News · Apr 14, 2022
Dead toddler's mum tells Dionne Batrice Grills trial about the moments he was put on childcare bus Maliq "Meeky" Namok-Malamoo's mother testifies in the manslaughter trial of Dionne Batrice Grills about how the boy was picked up later than normal and that she was rushed to put her son into the minibus on which he later died. ABC News · Apr 13, 2022
Manslaughter trial over toddler's death on daycare bus begins in Queensland The court heard that Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, three, did not want to leave his mother's arms on the day two childcare workers came to pick him up. ABC News · Apr 12, 2022