<p>A report by Australia's media watchdog on the death of India-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha here, following a prank call from two radio jockeys, has found the radio station guilty of acting illegally, a leading British daily reported Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The findings of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) interim report was revealed to a Sydney court hearing the case, The Telegraph reported. <br /><br />The report found the radio station, 2Day FM, of acting illegally by recording and broadcasting a conversation without the consent of the hospital where Saldanha worked.<br /><br />Saldanha, 46, a mother of two, was found unconscious in December last year in the quarters of the King Edward VII Hospital in central London where she was working as a senior nurse.<br /><br />The two radio jockeys, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, had called the hospital Dec 4 posing as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.<br /><br />Saldanha received the call and, not understanding their prank, transferred it to a colleague who then provided them information about Prince William's then pregnant wife Kate Middleton. Three days later, Saldanha was found hanging.<br /><br />The report said the radio station, located in the Australian state of New South Wales, breached the state's Surveillance Devices Act and that its licence could be suspended or revoked.<br /><br />The two hosts apologised after the incident and insisted it was only a intended to be a harmless prank.<br /><br />Greig did not report to work and he has sued the radio station for failing to provide a safe workplace.<br /><br />Christian returned a national accolade "top jock" by the broadcaster earlier this year.<br /><br />She has also offered to appear at the British inquest into Indian descent nurse's death in London.<br /><br />The station's owner, Southern Cross Media Group, claimed the media watchdog has no right to determine whether the station committed a crime.<br /><br />Barrister for the radio station Bruce McClintock was quoted by The Telegraph as saying that the watchdog acted like a "policeman, prosecution, prison warden, judge, jury and parole officer".<br /><br />"The courts are the place, and the only place, where determination of criminal guilt can be made," he said.<br /><br />He added that such findings would do "enormous damage" to the station. <br /><br />ACMA's barrister Neil Williams, however, said the watchdog was entitled to carry out statutory duty a and doing so and not interfering into the "judicial function".</p>
<p>A report by Australia's media watchdog on the death of India-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha here, following a prank call from two radio jockeys, has found the radio station guilty of acting illegally, a leading British daily reported Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The findings of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) interim report was revealed to a Sydney court hearing the case, The Telegraph reported. <br /><br />The report found the radio station, 2Day FM, of acting illegally by recording and broadcasting a conversation without the consent of the hospital where Saldanha worked.<br /><br />Saldanha, 46, a mother of two, was found unconscious in December last year in the quarters of the King Edward VII Hospital in central London where she was working as a senior nurse.<br /><br />The two radio jockeys, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, had called the hospital Dec 4 posing as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.<br /><br />Saldanha received the call and, not understanding their prank, transferred it to a colleague who then provided them information about Prince William's then pregnant wife Kate Middleton. Three days later, Saldanha was found hanging.<br /><br />The report said the radio station, located in the Australian state of New South Wales, breached the state's Surveillance Devices Act and that its licence could be suspended or revoked.<br /><br />The two hosts apologised after the incident and insisted it was only a intended to be a harmless prank.<br /><br />Greig did not report to work and he has sued the radio station for failing to provide a safe workplace.<br /><br />Christian returned a national accolade "top jock" by the broadcaster earlier this year.<br /><br />She has also offered to appear at the British inquest into Indian descent nurse's death in London.<br /><br />The station's owner, Southern Cross Media Group, claimed the media watchdog has no right to determine whether the station committed a crime.<br /><br />Barrister for the radio station Bruce McClintock was quoted by The Telegraph as saying that the watchdog acted like a "policeman, prosecution, prison warden, judge, jury and parole officer".<br /><br />"The courts are the place, and the only place, where determination of criminal guilt can be made," he said.<br /><br />He added that such findings would do "enormous damage" to the station. <br /><br />ACMA's barrister Neil Williams, however, said the watchdog was entitled to carry out statutory duty a and doing so and not interfering into the "judicial function".</p>