Death threats for royal prank call presenters
AUSTRALIA: Death threats have been made against the Australian radio
hosts involved in the royal prank call tragedy, police said Friday, with
station management reportedly moving some staff to safehouses.
The revelations came as a London inquest showed the nurse who fielded
the hoax call, Jacintha Saldanha, 46, hanged herself.
The mother-of-two was found dead last Friday, three days after
transferring the call to a colleague who divulged details about Prince
William’s pregnant wife Catherine who was recovering from severe morning
sickness.
Saldanha was discovered in nurses’ quarters near the private King
Edward VII’s Hospital in central London where Kate was being treated.
She also had wrist injuries and left three notes.
Australian police have launched an investigation into the death
threats after a letter targeting presenter Michael Christian was seized,
warning him there were “bullets out there with your name on it”. The
letter was obtained by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, which said further
threats were made involving a shotgun which it said were inappropriate
to print.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said staff at 2Day FM’s
parent company Southern Cross Austereo have been receiving threats all
week.
“Police are conducting an investigation into threats made against two
Sydney radio presenters,” a New South Wales police spokesman told AFP.
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