Friday, 8 March 2013
JL03 Task 3 - DJs Australian
Two 2DayFM radio DJs in Australia, Mel Greig and Michael Christian made a hoax telephone call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge Catherine was staying. They pretended to be the Queen and Prince Charles and spoke to the nurse Jacintha Saldanha first. She passed them on to another nurse who gave them information. A few days later she hung herself and left a husband and two children. She left three suicide notes explaining why she wanted to kill herself. One of the notes said that is because of the prank call, another one is her funeral plans and finally last one is about the staffs at the hospital for criticised her.
For - Should they be charged for manslaughter?
They were indirectly responsible for the death of Jacintha Saldanha even though there may have been no intention to harm anyone. At very least, it was like a public humiliation and embarrassment.
They didn't think that they would be put through to the ward but they carried on pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles.
They knew they would get the confidential information about Duchess Catherine's health after they spoke to the first nurse who was Jacintha.
Mel and Michael did not think about the consequences of their actions - like how much trouble the nurses could get into and they would not know the state of mind of the nurses at that time.
They shouldn't pretend to be the Queen and Prince Charles, its like stealing their identities.
Against - Should they not be charged for manslaughter?
It was just a harmless prank call, they didn't think that one of the nurses called Jacintha Saldanha would kill herself.
Jacintha Saldanha had already tried to kill herself before the prank call so it cannot be entirely their fault. Her first tried to commit last year while on the trip to India, Jacintha reportedly took an overdose of pills and was rushed to a hospital but she survived. Nine days later, she jumped from a building. She was reportedly then prescribed anti-depressants.
They have put on accents that sounded like the Queen and Prince Charles, but they didn't think it was very good so they thought they wouldn't get to speak to the nurses and will have the phone put down on them.
She had too much stress and she couldn't take it all. The hospital told her that she wasn't facing any disciplinary action but they need to know what they actually said to her. They said they supported her after the prank call but when she hanged herself, she left three suicide notes. one of them was about, "addresses of her employers, the hospital, and contains criticism of staff there.".
It is not against the law to make a prank call.
However the hospital rules and regulations stated that no member of staff should give any confidential/personal information about anyone over the phone.
Mel Greig and Michael Christian didn't know that she had previously tried to kill herself and therefore did not realised that the impact of the phone call would be so severe.
Conclusion
I don't think Mel Greig and Michael Christian should be charged for manslaughter because Jacintha Saldanha had already tried to kill herself before the prank call happened twice but failed. I think she may have been a lot more fragile than anyone, even her family, realised. There might be other problems because otherwise why she would leave her husband and her two children behind. Also it is not against the law and they haven't actually told her to kill herself, they were just asking about Kate's health. There is no evidence to show that the phone call made her kill herself. She made the decision to kill herself. But the prank call triggered her to do it because its so humiliating and embarrassing and she couldn't face other people. So this means if Mel and Michael never made the prank call then she would been have likely to have killed herself but she might have done it at a later date.
Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges of the 'Kate Middleton prank call tragedy'. The Crown Prosecution Service said, 'There is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter against Mel Greig and Michael Christian over the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha'. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prank-call-no-1568715 "Subsequently, Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at the hospital who had initially taken the call but who had not herself passed on the information, tragically took her own life." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prank-call-no-1568715
But Mel Greig and Michael Christian have both lost their jobs and their show.
For - Should they be charged for manslaughter?
They were indirectly responsible for the death of Jacintha Saldanha even though there may have been no intention to harm anyone. At very least, it was like a public humiliation and embarrassment.
They didn't think that they would be put through to the ward but they carried on pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles.
They knew they would get the confidential information about Duchess Catherine's health after they spoke to the first nurse who was Jacintha.
Mel and Michael did not think about the consequences of their actions - like how much trouble the nurses could get into and they would not know the state of mind of the nurses at that time.
They shouldn't pretend to be the Queen and Prince Charles, its like stealing their identities.
Against - Should they not be charged for manslaughter?
It was just a harmless prank call, they didn't think that one of the nurses called Jacintha Saldanha would kill herself.
Jacintha Saldanha had already tried to kill herself before the prank call so it cannot be entirely their fault. Her first tried to commit last year while on the trip to India, Jacintha reportedly took an overdose of pills and was rushed to a hospital but she survived. Nine days later, she jumped from a building. She was reportedly then prescribed anti-depressants.
They have put on accents that sounded like the Queen and Prince Charles, but they didn't think it was very good so they thought they wouldn't get to speak to the nurses and will have the phone put down on them.
She had too much stress and she couldn't take it all. The hospital told her that she wasn't facing any disciplinary action but they need to know what they actually said to her. They said they supported her after the prank call but when she hanged herself, she left three suicide notes. one of them was about, "addresses of her employers, the hospital, and contains criticism of staff there.".
It is not against the law to make a prank call.
However the hospital rules and regulations stated that no member of staff should give any confidential/personal information about anyone over the phone.
Mel Greig and Michael Christian didn't know that she had previously tried to kill herself and therefore did not realised that the impact of the phone call would be so severe.
Conclusion
I don't think Mel Greig and Michael Christian should be charged for manslaughter because Jacintha Saldanha had already tried to kill herself before the prank call happened twice but failed. I think she may have been a lot more fragile than anyone, even her family, realised. There might be other problems because otherwise why she would leave her husband and her two children behind. Also it is not against the law and they haven't actually told her to kill herself, they were just asking about Kate's health. There is no evidence to show that the phone call made her kill herself. She made the decision to kill herself. But the prank call triggered her to do it because its so humiliating and embarrassing and she couldn't face other people. So this means if Mel and Michael never made the prank call then she would been have likely to have killed herself but she might have done it at a later date.
Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges of the 'Kate Middleton prank call tragedy'. The Crown Prosecution Service said, 'There is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter against Mel Greig and Michael Christian over the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha'. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prank-call-no-1568715 "Subsequently, Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at the hospital who had initially taken the call but who had not herself passed on the information, tragically took her own life." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prank-call-no-1568715
But Mel Greig and Michael Christian have both lost their jobs and their show.
Friday, 14 December 2012
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