The parents of the Hillcrest victims have spoken outside of Devonport court following the not guilty verdict.
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00:00The operator of the Jumping Castle at the centre of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy has today
00:05been found not guilty of failing to comply with her health and safety duty. Six children died
00:10and three others were seriously injured when the Jumping Castle at their primary school became
00:14airborne in Devonport in December 2021. Rosemary Ann Gamble, the owner of the inflatables company
00:20Taz Zorb, faced a two-week criminal hearing in the Devonport Magistrates Court in November
00:25after pleading not guilty to the charge. Today, Magistrate Robert Webster found that the charge
00:31against her had not been proven and said that she was free to leave. After the decision was handed
00:37down, Georgie Burt, the mother of Zane Mellor who was killed in the incident, said the outcome of
00:42the criminal proceedings did not reflect the weight of the family's loss. She said,
00:47I am deeply disappointed in the Tasmanian justice system. Peter Dot's father, Andrew, also said that
00:53he felt broken. Here's more of what he had to say.
00:56It's been a long time and I think I'm going to be broken for a long morning.
01:02I really, I don't know how I feel, I don't know what to say.
01:09But I thank you for walking the path with us. It was a very long path and I think we've still
01:15got a long way to go. That's it. What's your hope comes out of the colonial
01:22in the past? I'm not quite sure. I think our hope's just shattered now.
01:33At the end of the day, all I wanted was an apology for my son not coming home and I'm never going to
01:39get it. And that killed me. Sorry. Thank you.