prank call suicide...

[amberlamps]

http://news.sky.com/story/1022287/ro...ommits-suicide

the call and the suicide probably not linked but surely someone is going to get a rollocking.

[SeriousCat]

its really annoying when you tell a funny joke expecting everyone to laugh and proclaim how witty it was only for someone to kill themselves because of it - only the very best comedians can save one of those

[Brio]

I suspect there is a link. And apart from how the pranksters feel and are handled by their employers, I suspect the attitude of the hospital management to the poor girl in the post hoax period is going to come under a lot of scrutiny.

[ProfDrum]

I find it hard to believe that the prank was the direct cause for the suicide. May be a contributing factor, the straw that broke the camels back, but the DJs cant really have known that this would be the outcome.

However, lying to a healthcare professional to obtain personal information that's none of your or anyone elses business still makes them scunts really.

[Brio]

The prank? Maybe not.
The fallout from the press coverage and the subsequent response from her employers? Quite possibly.

If I light a match in a gas filled building it is the gas explosion that destroys not the match. But without that trigger…?

[daveyh]

I suspect the attitude of the hospital management to the poor girl in the post hoax period is going to come under a lot of scrutiny.

I'd assume there would be a very specific set of protocols and procedure in place for royal situations. If she didn't follow that then I imagine the finger will be pointing at her

[stickyfiddle]

I can well imagine she'd have had a massive bollocking, deserved or not, in the last 24 hours. Plus it's christmas, so she may have been struggling financially. Add those to someone already feeling depression and you have a problem waiting to happen. Very sad

[limbicsystem]

Why is humiliating someone in this way and airing it without their permission even legal? And why has humiliating people become entertainment in recent years?

Fu*kin hate DJ's

[Lixarto]

Why is humiliating someone in this way and airing it without their permission even legal?

Some reports are doubting that it is legal; we'll see in time I suppose.

Very sad news

[Brio]

Looks like the hospital were very supportive of her.