Aussie RJs may escape facing criminal charges
29 Dec 2012 6:27 AM IST
Two Sydney-based Australian RJs, who pulled off a controversial royal prank on a UK hospital treating pregnant Princess Kate which led to the suicide of a British-Indian nurse, may escape facing criminal charges.
London police have made no further contact with the New South Wales Police regarding legal proceedings against the RJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian and a top police official here said the duo was unlikely to face prosecution.
‘We've had no contact with the London Met,’ Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas said, adding ‘We're happy to assist but they're not asking for anything and we don't anticipate they're going to be asking for anything.’
Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead days after she transferred the hoax call to the private chamber of Princess Kate in King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone, central London.
The two DJ's of radio station 2DayFM are currently off the air since Saldanha's death.
Kaldas said that it was three weeks since Scotland Yard first made contact with his police force through an Australian Federal Police liaison.
The initial contact was just to ‘touch base’ rather than commence proceedings, Kaldas said, adding that since then there had been no contacts.
According to British reports, the Scotland Yard had sent the file to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether or not to pursue charges against the erring RJs. Saldanha has since been buried in India and in one of her three suicide notes she reportedly partially blamed the two RJs for her death.
Greig and Christian, who posed as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in the prank call to obtain private details of Kate's pregnancy, have claimed to have received death threats and have been moved to safe houses.
According to reports, the nurse ‘had tried to kill herself before and was being treated for depression’.
Since her death, it has been revealed Saldanha had been prescribed anti-depressants.
Since the nurse’s death, the pair have been subjected to hate mail and death threats forcing them to go into hiding. Apart from a TV interview in the days after the suicide, the two have not been seen in public.
They made a tearful apology and their radio station has pledged at least USD 500,000 to help the dead nurse’s family.
A London inquest heard earlier this month that Saldanha had been found in staff accommodation and there were no suspicious circumstances over her death.
Saldanha left three notes, in one of which she criticised the DJs.
London police have made no further contact with the New South Wales Police regarding legal proceedings against the RJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian and a top police official here said the duo was unlikely to face prosecution.
‘We've had no contact with the London Met,’ Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas said, adding ‘We're happy to assist but they're not asking for anything and we don't anticipate they're going to be asking for anything.’
Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead days after she transferred the hoax call to the private chamber of Princess Kate in King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone, central London.
The two DJ's of radio station 2DayFM are currently off the air since Saldanha's death.
Kaldas said that it was three weeks since Scotland Yard first made contact with his police force through an Australian Federal Police liaison.
The initial contact was just to ‘touch base’ rather than commence proceedings, Kaldas said, adding that since then there had been no contacts.
According to British reports, the Scotland Yard had sent the file to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether or not to pursue charges against the erring RJs. Saldanha has since been buried in India and in one of her three suicide notes she reportedly partially blamed the two RJs for her death.
Greig and Christian, who posed as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in the prank call to obtain private details of Kate's pregnancy, have claimed to have received death threats and have been moved to safe houses.
According to reports, the nurse ‘had tried to kill herself before and was being treated for depression’.
Since her death, it has been revealed Saldanha had been prescribed anti-depressants.
Since the nurse’s death, the pair have been subjected to hate mail and death threats forcing them to go into hiding. Apart from a TV interview in the days after the suicide, the two have not been seen in public.
They made a tearful apology and their radio station has pledged at least USD 500,000 to help the dead nurse’s family.
A London inquest heard earlier this month that Saldanha had been found in staff accommodation and there were no suspicious circumstances over her death.
Saldanha left three notes, in one of which she criticised the DJs.
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