Royal hoax call DJs will not face criminal charges
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February 2, 2013, Saturday
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BRITISH prosecutors yesterday said two Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate would face no criminal charges over the death of the nurse who answered the phone and later killed herself.
Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged in December in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax call from DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian at Australian radio station 2Day FM.
As part of the ruse, the pair had pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and William's father, heir to the throne Prince Charles.
Saldanha put the call through to a colleague who disclosed details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment for an extreme form of morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy.
The story was reported across the globe and Saldanha's subsequent death provoked widespread anger.
"We have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter," said Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of Special Crime Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged in December in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax call from DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian at Australian radio station 2Day FM.
As part of the ruse, the pair had pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and William's father, heir to the throne Prince Charles.
Saldanha put the call through to a colleague who disclosed details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment for an extreme form of morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy.
The story was reported across the globe and Saldanha's subsequent death provoked widespread anger.
"We have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter," said Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of Special Crime Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
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