The Decision 11.12.2015:
THREE young women have proved their case against the State Government after they were sexually assaulted by a foster child their parents had been asked to take into their home.
In a decision handed down on the 11th December 2015 Cairns District Court Judge Brian Harrison found the Department of Child Safety had not properly informed the parents of an earlier incident at another home which involved the foster child raping a three-year-old girl.
The harmful consequences of potential abuse of the three plaintiffs by the foster child could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care and skill on the part of the relevant officers of Department Of Child Safety Judge Harrison said.
The judge dismissed a submission made on behalf of Department Of Child Safety that the mother of the three girls was partially responsible and should share costs.
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