Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Royal prank radio station to pay $525,000 to family of dead nurse ...

December 11, 2012

This post is courtesy of Ian Johnston and originally appeared on NBCnews.com.

A radio station is to pay at least $525,000 to a memorial fund in the name of a nurse found dead after two DJs duped her into putting them through to Duchess Kate?s hospital ward where she was being treated for an extreme form of morning sickness.

Jacintha Saldanha was found dead in London, England, Friday after the prank in which Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in the call to London?s King Edward VII?s Hospital.

Greig and Christian spoke Monday about their distress over Saldanha?s death, saying it had left them ?shattered, gutted, heartbroken.?

DJs speak out, say they?re ?heartbroken? over death of nurse in royal hoax call

Police have said the circumstances of the death are ?unexplained;? an autopsy was due to be carried out Tuesday.

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Source: http://www.pancommunications.com/prspeak/2012/12/royal-prank-radio-station-to-pay-525000-to-family-of-dead-nurse/?isalt=0

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