Distraught mum of the Indigenous children tied up in a man’s driveway has spoken out

The distraught mum of the children tied up in a man’s driveway has spoken out - and it’s left Ally Langdon in tears.

The mother of the young children who were cable-tied in a driveway, allegedly by a burly tradie, has called the actions a “disgrace” in an emotional interview.

Australia was left shocked today when images emerged of three terrified young Aboriginal children tied up and bound by cable ties.

The incident came to the public’s attention because it was live-streamed on Facebook by relative Asharahni Lilwayno.

It took place outside a home near Cable Beach in Broome, Western Australia, on Tuesday afternoon.

A 45-year-old man has now been charged with assault after he allegedly physically restrained three children.

The children were meant to be playing down the street, but as the incident unfolded their mother Rowena rushed to the scene to find her kids tied up.

It was a hot 29C day, and the trio had allegedly snuck in to use a neighbour’s pool.

Three children were allegedly restrained with cable-ties by a 45-year-old man after swimming in a pool without the owner’s permission. Picture: Instagram

This was the man in the video, with the children tied up behind him. Picture: TikTok

The upset mum appeared on A Current Affair, where she tearfully told journalist Ally Langdon that she begged the man to let her scared children go.

She explained that when arrived at the scene to see her three children aged, 6, 7, 8, tied up she pleaded with the man to release them.

“Can you please let my children go,” she recalled begging.

Langdon looked visibly horrified as the mum recounted what happened, even tearing up at one point.

The mum revealed that her young son was crying for water at one point and there was nothing she could do.

“My boy was crying for water and I couldn’t even get him a water,” she said.

Ally Landon asked the mum what she did when saw her children tied up. Picture: Nine

The mum begged for her children to be let go. Picture: Nine

The man allegedly refused and said he wouldn’t release them until the police arrived.

Rowena said she was “afraid” during the situation because a fully-grown man was standing between her and her kids.

“I was sad, upset, and very emotional. I was afraid of him as well; he was very big, a big male,” she told Langdon.

Rowena said she asked the man if he had any children, and when he replied that he did, she tried to reason with him again.

“We said you wouldn’t like if anyone does that to your children,” she pointed out.

The moment was live streamed. Picture: Facebook

The children were tied and scared. Picture: Instagram

Langdon asked Rowena if there was any “part” of her that understood the man’s alleged actions, but Rowena said she couldn’t begin to comprehend why he did it.

“They are small children, and they went for a swim,” she said.

Langdon pointed out that while the children shouldn’t have snuck into someone’s pool, they weren’t teenagers.

She got teary discussing what happened. Picture: Nine

Rowena said that if this was the “other way round” and an Aboriginal man was holding three white children hostage by tying them up with cable ties, the response would be very different.

“If he goes to court, the Aboriginal man, I’m talking about. He would have been gone, they wouldn’t even let him out of prison,” she argued.

The worried mum repeated that she still couldn’t understand why someone would do that to three young children.

“How can you treat little children like that?” She asked.

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