Defence witnesses have started testifying at the hearing into workplace safety charges against the operator of the jumping castle involved in the 2021 Hillcrest tragedy.
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00:00Six children died and three were seriously injured when a jumping castle took flight
00:06at the school's end-of-year event.
00:08Jumping castle operator Rosemary Gamble has pleaded not guilty to failing her health and
00:12safety duty.
00:14The court has heard Ms Gamble only used four pegs to anchor the castle, despite it having
00:18eight anchor points.
00:19The prosecution has said the castle wasn't appropriately anchored to Australian standards.
00:24Ms Gamble's defence team said the manufacturer of the jumping castle told her the castle
00:28met Australian standards and only supplied her with four pegs.
00:32They also said she had to download the operating manual from online as the manufacturer didn't
00:36supply her one.
00:38Today the defence called David Eager, a professor of risk management and injury prevention at
00:42the University of Technology Sydney.
00:44He wrote a report following the incident and today told the court the manufacturer knows
00:48the jumping castle better than anyone, so it was reasonable Ms Gamble didn't go buy
00:53four more pegs.
00:55The parents of victims have been sitting in court throughout the hearing with some walking
00:58out of the room during Professor Eager's evidence.
01:01Tomorrow is expected to be the final day of the hearing, but the Magistrate isn't expected
01:06to deliver a verdict until next year.