Support worker allegedly locks wheelchair-bound teen in car for hour
Members of the public called police when they allegedly made an alarming discovery inside a vehicle in Sydney.
A support worker has been charged after allegedly leaving a wheelchair-bound teenage client unattended in a car for an hour at Hurstville.
Members of the public called police at about 10.30am on Monday when they spotted a teenager allegedly locked inside a Toyota HiAce in a carpark on Forest Road in the southern Sydney suburb.
Police will allege the 16-year-old was left alone in the van for an hour, with the vehicle’s airconditioning on at the time.
Following inquiries by officers from St George Police Area Command, police attended a care home in Gymea.
A 24-year-old support worker spoke with police. Police then issued the man a court attendance notice for leaving a child/young person in a motor vehicle causing emotional distress as well as a child not being adequately supervised.
The man is due to appear at Sutherland Local Court on February 16.
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