Overview

• On June 6, Magistrate Robert Webster dismissed the workplace health and safety charge against Rosemary Gamble, ruling the prosecution had not proven her breach.
• In written reasons, he found the ‘dust devil’ that lifted the castle was unprecedented and unforeseeable, negating any causal link to inadequate anchoring.
• The verdict prompted emotional outbursts of anger and disbelief from victim families, with one mother shouting as Gamble left the courtroom.
• A civil class action filed by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers on behalf of the families against Gamble and the state of Tasmania is set to proceed.
• Coronial inquest preparations will resume now that criminal proceedings have concluded, with no date yet announced.