Former Cairns childcare director pleads guilty to manslaughter of child left behind on minibus

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A former childcare centre director accused of leaving a little boy behind on a minibus on a hot day in Far North Queensland pleads guilty to manslaughter.

A former childcare centre director accused of leaving a little boy behind on a minibus on a hot day in Far North Queensland has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.He is expected to be sentenced over the child's death tomorrowMichael Glenn Lewis, 45, entered the plea at the Supreme Court in Cairns this morning and will be sentenced tomorrow.

The three-year-old boy was left behind on a childcare centre minibus for several hours on a hot summer's day in Edmonton.

 

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