Royal prank: Invasive Aussie radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian. Picture: AFP Photo / Southern Cross Austero Source: AFP
CRUCIAL evidence in the death of a British nurse found dead days after taking a hoax call from DJs posing as the royal family has now been handed to their radio broadcaster lawyers to begin to mount a defence.
Southern Cross Media Group, which owns 2day FM who staged the prank, was last Tuesday granted a position on the legal bench at the Westminster Coroners Court inquest into the death of 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha.
The move came after Ms Saldanha's family hired a QC to act for them at the inquest which could partly apportion blame for her death on the radio DJs and the station that allowed the airing of the prank call.
On Friday, the coroner's court handed over copies of all the evidence gathered for the inquiry including copies of the three notes she left before her apparent suicide, a police report, toxicology results, a statement from the duty nurse who was the last person to see her alive as well as a letter from her GP which is expected to detail whether she was on medication at the time of her death.
It is reported she may have been taking antidepressants prescribed to her by a doctor in India after an incidence of self harm while on holidays in her native country.
The court ordered copies of the evidence be given to Southern Cross Media's lawyer Maya Sikand to prepare for the May 2 inquest.
Husband of the late Jacintha Saldanha, Benedict Barboza with daughter Lisha, 14, and son Junal, 16.
Despite the broadcaster, the family, the police and the King Edward VII Hospital all being granted legal representation at the inquest, the coroner has warned all parties she will not accept "adversarial issues" to cloud proceedings.
The caution came as Ms Saldanha's lawyer John Cooper QC hinted there was likely to be a dispute with both the radio station and the hospital since the former claimed it had rung the nurses back to seek permission to broadcast the prank which Mr Cooper said was not correct and the hospital for placing Ms Saldanha to answer telephone calls which may be outside her contract of employment.
The inquiry is expected to hear from four witnesses including the duty nurse who saw her last and the hospital boss John Lofthouse.
The mother of two was found dead in the nurses' quarters last December three days after putting through the call supposedly from the Queen and Prince Charles, but really DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, to the ward treating the Duchess of Cambridge Kate for acute morning sickness.
For help with emotional difficulties, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or www.lifeline.org.au
For help with depression, contact Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 or at www.beyondblue.org.au
The SANE Helpline is 1800 18 SANE (7263) or at www.sane.org
An undated family photograph of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who died after the prank call from an Australian radio show. Picture: AFP
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