Exposing David Neil Tuck: How a Child Sex Offender Operated a Daycare for Years

How child sex offender David Neil Tuck was able to operate a daycare centre out of his home.

When news broke that a 26-year-old childcare worker in Victoria had been charged with 70 counts of child sexual abuse, families across Australia were horrified. But this isn’t the first time serious red flags have been missed. In this episode, journalist Nina Funnell joins us to expose the decades-long failures that allowed David Neil Tuck — now believed to be one of Australia’s worst child sex offenders — to operate a daycare centre out of his home.

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When news broke that a 26-year-old childcare worker in Victoria had been charged with 70 counts of child sexual abuse, families across Australia were horrified. But this isn&rsquo;t the first time serious red flags have been missed. In this episode, journalist Nina Funnell joins us to expose the decades-long failures that allowed David Neil Tuck &mdash; now believed to be one of Australia&rsquo;s worst child sex offenders &mdash; to operate a daycare centre out of his home.
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