A childcare center manager who reported Australia’s worst pedophile to police has been found guilty of computer hacking for using a restricted computer to brief the media.
Yolanda Borucki worked at the same United Church child care center as Ashley Paul Griffith in 2021 and helped him report him to authorities that year, but Police and the center denied the allegations following an investigation.
A year later, Griffiths was charged by another police department with publishing child sexual abuse material online. In September he was found guilty of 307 child sex offenses over nearly 20 years and was sentenced to life in prison last month.
Judge Kerrie O’Callaghan found Borucki guilty of computer hacking for using a restricted computer without consent and causing more than $5,000 worth of damage to the church.
Borucki was charged just days after he revealed complaints of indecent behavior against Griffiths on the Current Affairs programme.
She is accused of sending several emails containing documents to her private email address and to Channel Nine employee Daniel Nolan.
The emails allegedly contained private information about six families and children, including one of Griffith’s victims.
She pleaded not guilty and her trial was held in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this year.
O’Callaghan found prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Borucki used the computer.
Magistrates also found the prosecution had failed to prove she did not have permission to send the email or that doing so caused harm.
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Borucchi burst into tears after hearing the verdict Friday.
Queensland police are currently investigating allegations they ignored a 2009 complaint made by a woman who believed her son was abused by Griffiths. Griffith has not been charged with the crime.
Borucki was told she would be fired the day before Griffith’s arrest, and she was fired shortly after. Her blue card, which allowed her to work with children, has been suspended.
If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison.