Costs refused to BTSB biochemist in Hepatitis C case

A former principal biochemist with the Blood Transfusion Service Board who had been charged in relation to the infection of women with Hepatitis C has had an application for legal costs refused.

Ms Cecily Cunningham (aged 68) was charged with seven counts of unlawfully administering infected Anti-D medicine resulting in grievous bodily harm. All charges were dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions in January 2008. Mr Shane Murphy SC, prosecuting said: “Changes in evidential subjects were such that a prosecution could not have been sustained.”