Boss of prank call radio station dismisses suicide over prank call

Jacintha Saldanha, the Indian-origin nurse who died after being hoaxed by an Australian radio show trying to reach Duchess of Cambridge while in hospital (AFP)

The chairman of the parent firm which owns 2Day FM, the Australian radio station behind a royal prank call that led to a nurse killing herself, was criticised after dismissing the outcome as “shit happens”.

Max Moore-Wilton at Southern Cross Media played down the death of Jacintha Saldanha, 46, last December, as he spoke to shareholders at an AGM in Melbourne.

He reportedly said yesterday: “These incidents were unfortunate. But in the immortal words of someone whose identity I cannot recall, shit happens.”

Ms Saldanha died after she was tricked into transferring a call to the Duchess of Cambridge’s nurse.