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| Michael Christian |
An Australian radio DJ whose prank targeting Prince
William's pregnant wife led to the suicide of a nurse has been voted the best
DJ in the land by his employer, according to CNN.
Michael Christian, along with Mel Greig, were suspended
after the December 2012 prank in which they called a nurse at King Edward VII's
Hospital pretending to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles to gain
information about the condition of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
After the pair played the prank on air, the nurse who
transferred the call through to the ward, Jacintha Saldanha, committed suicide.
In a note she left, she blamed the DJs.
On Tuesday, Christian was crowned "Top Jock" in a
contest conducted by his radio network, Southern Cross Austereo.
The internal contest pitted DJs who submitted their best
bits every week. Christian was the joint winner. A trip to Los Angeles awaits.
"From the start I felt like I had something to prove to
myself," he said in a statement. "That regardless of all that's
happened in the past few months I'm still at the top of my game."
"There was some very serious consequences of what was a
prank and to be seen to be rewarding people so soon after such an event, I
think is just in bad taste," he said.
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