It is my contention, I have no idea if the Supreme court Judge will see it this way, is that Rick deliberately set out to promote himself and Julene as 'carers', the day care centre, the foster care 'income stream' precisely because and to gain access to vulnerable children. Not that he and her found themselves tempted by the never ending stream of victims that the Govt paid to send into their home, no, that he and Julene chose that path of employment precisely so that the stream of easily accessible victims would flow into their ambience, without them having to exert themselves too much.
More a matter of laziness , and efficiency, it saved them the time of searching out and grooming children from the outside, children who may have had some protection unknown to the Thorburns.. they way they did it, was it was all checked out for them, before the kid was handed over to them. And they got paid for it. A substantial sum, too. It was almost the perfect crime , in a parallel world..
If you are a murdering pedaophile, what a tremendous bonus!... In a way it puts Cowan in the shade, he had to hunt kids down on the public highway, and in public caravan parks... not Julie and Rick , though, oh no.. they had a processing belt from the source of supply to their front door. ..
