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Hoax DJs 'heartbroken' over nurse's death

Pair tell Australia's main TV networks they are "gutted" over death of nurse who took Kate Middleton hoax call.
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2012 17:29

Two Australian DJs involved in a prank call that apparently led to a woman taking her own life, have given their first media interviews.

Melanie Greig and Michael Christian said they were "gutted and heartbroken" at the death of Jacintha Saldanhathe, a nurse at the hospital where Britain's Duchess of Cambridge was being treated.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

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