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'I can't cope': Teacher pleads guilty over drownings of exchange students on K'gari

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Two 16-year-old Japanese students drowned in a lake on K'gari (Fraser Island) in March 2013. Their teacher has pleaded guilty to charges relating to their deaths. Shinri Minatoya faced the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court in Queensland today. He was charged with failing in his health and safety duty by exposing the students to the risk of death or serious injury.

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Shinri Minatoya pleads guilty over 2019 drownings of Japanese students on K'gari

Shinri Minatoya expressed his profound sorrow to the court over the 2019 deaths of the two Japanese exchange students in his care. No conviction was recorded, but he was ordered to pay a $55,000 fine.

2 months ago·Australia

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