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Great Potentials CEO Dame Lesley Max wants private child swap arrangements formalised following murder of 3-year-old Dylan Rimon

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A child advocate is calling for the formalisation of private child swap arrangements, after the High Court trial in Auckland of Patricia Pickering.

The 38-year-old has been found guilty of the murder of three-year-old Dylan Rimoni. He had been taken from his birth parents and given to Pickering to care for, because she wanted a child.

Great Potentials CEO Dame Lesley Max says private arrangements are reasonably frequent and may heighten the risk of abuse. She says in some cases, more care is taken when trading a vehicle.

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