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Childcare worker found not guilty of sexually touching girl

October 27, 2025

A Hunter childcare worker has been found NOT guilty of sexually touching a young girl.

Curtis Hibbs had been on trial in the district court – and maintained he inadvertantly touched the child while helping her with her clothing.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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