This week we have all been disgusted to hear of the death of a young lady, killed by a pack of dogs, not in wild but at work.
Brodie Panlock was a happy healthy 19 year old, excited about shifting into her own place, her first job and saving up to travel with her brother. Then what probably started as a good humoured ribbing of a new employee turned into vicious torture by the people who should have been her protectors.
Over the months Brodie was employed at Cafe Vamp in Hawthorn, she suffered a constant series of bloody animalistic attacks. Unable to leave as she felt a growing need for approval from the lead tormentor, her boss. This abusive work relationship extended over into her home life giving her little chance of relief.
Tired, cornered and having sustained much abuse Brodie Panlock threw herself from a building and died.
Today four men responsible for the relentless abuse of the teenager, cafe owner Marc Luis Da Cruz, 43, manager Nicholas Smallwood, 26, Rhys MacAlpine, 28, and Gabriel Toomey, 23 pleaded guilty "to failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of persons" and were fined a total of $115,000. In addition MAP Foundation Pty Ltd, the company that ran Cafe Vamp, was subsequently found guilty and fined a further $220,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
The charges were issued by WorkSafe Victoria
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