Rick Thorburn guilty of abusing young girls at family day care
The foster father who murdered Tiahleigh Palmer has now pleaded guilty to sexual offences against two young girls who attended family day care at his house.
TIAHLEIGH Palmer’s killer Rick Thorburn has confessed to a raft of child-sex offences, including the rape and attempted rape of two girls, who attended a family day care at his home.
The charges included rape, attempted rape and 10 counts of indecent treatment of a child.
The offences occurred several years ago at the family home at Chambers Flat, where Thorburn’s wife Julene Thorburn operated a family day care business.
Court documents obtained exclusively by
The Courier-Mail reveal Thorburn, now 59, was left alone with the children on several occasions and touched one girl sexually during “couch time” at the daycare.
It is understood Thorburn also showed one of the children explicit sexual videos while alone with her in the car on the way to school and told her: “You should do that on my d---.”
Police also say the then 55-year-old tried to force one child to suck his penis and digitally raped the other girl.
Thorburn will be sentenced for the offences at a later date.
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