Police said it was “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
Two young children at a Perth holiday care have been lured outside by a man and sexually assaulted before being dumped in a park.
The four-year-old girl and five-year-old boy walked off yesterday morning with an unknown man from the care program in North Perth, which is held in a community hall.
Detectives have said that sometime after 11.15am the little girl and boy were enticed away from the holiday care program by a stranger.
Police believe the man looked this this. Via WAPolice.
CCTV shows the two children following the man along the street.
Police believe the man sexually assaulted the children at “a nearby unknown location” before leaving them in Hyde Park.
The little boy and girl were found in a playground at Hyde Park about an hour later by a female member of the public unrelated to the children.
In a statement sure to throw daggers into the hearts of parents, Commander Kylie Whitely, from the State Crime division said that staff at the facility were not aware the children, who were unrelated to each other, were missing until after they were found.
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My daughter works in a Childcare centre south of Perth and they also are so strict with security coded doors and the grounds are all fenced. Every child is signed in and out. Your name has to be on that child's form to say you can pick them up. I went to pick up a friends child from this centre and was refused although they all know me because the mother had forgot to tell them I was picking them up as she was running late. After a phone call to mum I eventually got the kids but very strict... But a a very good thing cos I could have been anyone!!!
I don't know about the checks and balances in Perth childcare, but in Victoria, things are very strict. OSHC and childcare centre staff have the same training. That is to say that the leader must be at least a Diploma and all staff must have a minimum Certificate 3 in Children's Services. All OSHC, childcare centres and kindergartens must either be "meeting" or exceeding" standards. If OSHC, childcare centres and kindergartens are following the legally mandated rules, it would be very difficult for someone to simply enter a premises and lure a child away. All children must be signed in and out. Any "stranger" should be immediately turned away unless they have signed paperwork to be on the premises. I work as a Nanny and if I have to pick up children from OSHC, childcare or a kindergarten, I must produce evidence of who I am and it must be arranged in advance that I will be picking up the children.
For a stranger to lure children away, means that a major breach in standards has occured. When this happens, the centre is investigated.