Rosemary Anne Gamble, trading as Taz-Zorb, was found not guilty of a health and safety charge over the 2021 tragedy, in which six children died and three were seriously injured during an end-of-year school celebration.
00:00The operator of the Jumping Castle at the centre of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy has today been found not guilty of failing to comply with her health and safety duty.
00:09Six children died and three others were seriously injured when the Jumping Castle at their primary school became airborne in Devonport in December 2021.
00:18Rosemary Ann Gamble, the owner of the inflatables company Taz Zorb, faced a two-week criminal hearing in the Devonport Magistrates Court in November after pleading not guilty to the charge.
00:27Today, Magistrate Robert Webster found that the charge against her had not been proven and said that she was free to leave.
00:35After the decision was handed down, Georgie Burt, the mother of Zane Mellor, who was killed in the incident, said the outcome of the criminal proceedings did not reflect the weight of the family's loss.
00:47She said, I am deeply disappointed in the Tasmanian justice system.
00:51Peter Dott's father, Andrew, also said that he felt broken.
00:54Here's more of what he had to say.
00:56It's been a long time and I think I'm going to be broke 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 yous for walking the path with us.
01:12It was a very long path and I think we've still got a long way to go.
01:19That's it.
01:20What do you hope comes out of the colonial events?
01:22I'm not quite sure.
01:26I think our hope's just shattered now.
01:29At the end of the day, all I wanted was an apology for my son not coming home and I'm never going to get it.
