Four workmates of a young waitress who killed herself by
jumping off a building have been convicted and fined a total
of $A335,000 over relentless bullying before her death.
Brodie Rae Constance Panlock, 19, was subjected to the
humiliating bullying by workmates at Cafe Vamp in Hawthorn,
in Melbourne's east, before she threw herself from a
multi-storey car park in September 2006.
Former workmates Nicholas Smallwood, 26, now of Queensland,
Rhys MacAlpine, 28, of Kooyong, and Gabriel Toomey, 23, of
Melbourne, all pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates
Court to failing to take reasonable care for the health and
safety of persons.
The cafe's owner Marc Luis Da Cruz and his one-man company
MAP Foundation pleaded guilty to two charges, including
failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment.
All four men were convicted on the charges, with magistrate
Peter Lauritsen on Monday describing their actions as "the
most serious case of bullying" and saying he would have
doubled the penalties if they had not pleaded guilty to the
charges.
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