00:00In December 2021, six children died and another three were seriously injured after an inflatable
00:10jumping castle became airborne.
00:13The criminal hearing against the operator, Rosemary Gamble, trading as Tazorb, began
00:18yesterday.
00:19In opening statements, the prosecution told the court Ms Gamble had only secured the castle
00:25at four of the eight anchorage points, despite having enough pegs on the day, and that those
00:30pegs didn't meet Australian standards.
00:33The court heard Ms Gamble had star pickets available, but she did not use them.
00:38Meanwhile, her defence lawyer argued the manufacturer's kit only came with four pegs and no operating
00:44manual, forcing her to download one from the website.
00:48He said the court would hear evidence that the wind event was so strong that the anchor
00:53system would have failed regardless, and the only thing preventing the tragedy would
00:58have been to not hold the end of year celebration at all.
01:02Emotions have been running high.
01:05Yesterday Ms Gamble cried during some of the more harrowing details, and family members
01:10of the victims comforted each other and at times left the courtroom.
01:15The hearing is expected to run for two weeks.
01:18Today we're expecting to hear from the castle's manufacturer.
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