
The mother of murdered Queensland schoolgirl, Tiahleigh Palmer, has expressed her outrage at reports her daughter’s foster brothers attended a children’s dance event over the weekend.
According to The Courier Mail, Trent and Joshua Thorburn were spotted in the stands at the Australian AllStar Winterfest Cheer and Dance Championships at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Both men spent time behind bars for their involvement in the 12-year-old’s October 2015 murder, which was carried out by their father, Rick Thorburn, in an attempt to conceal the fact that she was being sexually abused by Trent.

According to The Courier Mail, Tiahleigh's mother Cindy Palmer shared her anger via social media this week that the Thorburn brothers were "out and about enjoying their lives" at an event in which her daughter - a keen dancer - ought to have been participating.
“They are currently attending a dance competition where, yes, there are children dancing!" she reportedly wrote.
“I knew once court was over and they were out of jail this would happen, but seeing it and how they have just blended back into society has literally broken me."
Tiahleigh Palmer's body was found on the banks of the Gold Coast’s Pimpama River on November 5, 2015, six days after she went missing while in the care of the Thorburns.
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Poor little girl, my heart breaks for her. First her biological parents fail her then her foster parents fail her. Some poor little kids just can’t win. If only all parents made their children their priority in life. Just love and care for them. They fail them then cry tears of blood. It’s time they took a good look at themselves.
Also, it's alarming that this father would take the life of a young girl all to protect his son's reputation. An innocent life for the reputation of a young man who rapes children.