‘Heroic’ childcare manager who sounded alarm over ‘Australia’s worst paedophile’ found not guilty of hacking

Brisbane court acquits Yolanda Borucki, who claims she attempted to report Ashley Griffith to police in 2021

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A childcare centre manager who alerted police to one of Australia's worst paedophiles has been found not guilty of computer hacking for using a restricted computer to inform the media.

Yolanda Borucki worked at the same Uniting Church childcare centre as Ashley Paul Griffith in 2021 and helped report him to authorities that year, but police and the centre rejected the allegations after an investigation.

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