Scotland Yard dials Australia for help in nurse’s death probe
10 Dec 2012 12:04 PM GMT
The Scotland Yard on Sunday contacted their Australian counterparts for interviewing two radio presenters who made a prank call that apparently led to an Indian-origin nurse's suicide, as the DJs were said to be in hiding amid global outrage.
46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha was found hanging at nurses' quarters next to the private King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, central London on Friday, The Sun reported.
Scotland Yard is understood to have asked police in Sydney for assistance, with a view to interviewing the two DJs ahead of an inquest into Jacintha Saldanha's death.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Officers have been in contact with Australian authorities’.
Nick Kaldas, deputy commissioner for New South Wales Police, confirmed the request, telling Sky News: ‘It hasn't been indicated to us that an offence has occurred and they have not actually asked for anything yet.’
‘They've simply touched base, let us know of their interest and they will get back to us if they actually want something done. Nothing has been requested of us yet,’ he said.
A New South Wales Police spokesman said: ‘As our policing colleagues in London continue to examine events leading up to the death of London nurse Jacintha Saldanha overnight, we will be providing them with whatever assistance is required.’
A post-mortem examination is due to be held this week and an inquest opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner's Court, Scotland Yard said. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Saldanha answered the hoax call at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, and was helping out on reception at the time of the prank. Giggling DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian were pretending to be the British Queen and Prince Charles and asked her if they could be put through to Kate.
The owners of the Australian radio station that carried out the prank call which apparently led to an Indian-origin nurse’s suicide said on Sunday that the tragedy was ‘unforeseeable’, promising immediate action and review of broadcasting processes.
The chairman of Southern Cross Austereo, owner of the radio station, has written to the British hospital targeted by the prank call saying it is reviewing the broadcast and processes involved, the Australian Associated Press reported.
The Sydney radio presenters, Greig and Christian, behind the prank call that has been linked to the nurse's death are said to be in hiding and in a ‘fragile’ state, undergoing intensive psychological counselling. Scotland Yard contacts Aus police to interview royal hoax DJs.
46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha was found hanging at nurses' quarters next to the private King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, central London on Friday, The Sun reported.
Scotland Yard is understood to have asked police in Sydney for assistance, with a view to interviewing the two DJs ahead of an inquest into Jacintha Saldanha's death.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Officers have been in contact with Australian authorities’.
Nick Kaldas, deputy commissioner for New South Wales Police, confirmed the request, telling Sky News: ‘It hasn't been indicated to us that an offence has occurred and they have not actually asked for anything yet.’
‘They've simply touched base, let us know of their interest and they will get back to us if they actually want something done. Nothing has been requested of us yet,’ he said.
A New South Wales Police spokesman said: ‘As our policing colleagues in London continue to examine events leading up to the death of London nurse Jacintha Saldanha overnight, we will be providing them with whatever assistance is required.’
A post-mortem examination is due to be held this week and an inquest opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner's Court, Scotland Yard said. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Saldanha answered the hoax call at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, and was helping out on reception at the time of the prank. Giggling DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian were pretending to be the British Queen and Prince Charles and asked her if they could be put through to Kate.
The owners of the Australian radio station that carried out the prank call which apparently led to an Indian-origin nurse’s suicide said on Sunday that the tragedy was ‘unforeseeable’, promising immediate action and review of broadcasting processes.
The chairman of Southern Cross Austereo, owner of the radio station, has written to the British hospital targeted by the prank call saying it is reviewing the broadcast and processes involved, the Australian Associated Press reported.
The Sydney radio presenters, Greig and Christian, behind the prank call that has been linked to the nurse's death are said to be in hiding and in a ‘fragile’ state, undergoing intensive psychological counselling. Scotland Yard contacts Aus police to interview royal hoax DJs.
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