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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Mickey Mouse police vetting needs to change
Description: Whenever a child is murdered and I see their photo online or in the paper, I always find myself staring at it thinking ‘you poor little thing, how the hell did things go so wrong’. And today there’s yet another little face I’ve been looking at, thinking exactly the same thing. Today’s “poor little thing” is Malachi Subecz, who was five years old when he died in hospital in November last year after what’s being described as prolonged abuse by his caregiver. I’m hesitant about using that term “caregiver”, because it couldn’t be further...