Charges dropped in Hep C case
The charges against the former principal biochemist in the Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB) relating to the infection of women with Hepatitis C have been dropped at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Ms Cecily Cunningham (aged 66) of Hollybrook Road, Clontarf had previously lost a High Court bid to stop her trial going ahead on the charges which had arisen from alleged contaminated blood products affecting seven women.
She appealed to the Supreme Court which put a stay on her trial pending the outcome of a judicial review.
Mr Shane Murphy SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions told Judge Katherine Delahunt that the state were withdrawing all charges against Ms Cunningham.
Judge Delahunt accepted the application and discharged Ms Cunninghmam from the court. The issue of costs will be decided next month.
The only other person charged in connection with the Heptatis C saga was Dr Terry Walsh, formerly assistant national director with the BTSB but these proceedings collapsed on his death.
