Two nurses are cleared of neglect after allegation against them collapses

Two nurses have been cleared of neglect after the allegation against them collapsed.

Claire Cahill, 42, and Jade Pugh, 30, were due to go on trial at Cardiff Crown Court amid allegations they falsified blood sugar levels of stroke patients at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.

But on the day the day jurors were set to hear the case open, the prosecution offered no evidence.

That decision came after a judge ruled that data from glucometers set to feature in the trial could not be put before a jury.

Judge Tom Crowther said technical flaws should have been uncovered much sooner.

Judge Crowther then ordered the jury to deliver not guilty verdicts on all 10 counts.

Cahill, of Coytrahen, Bridgend, had faced six allegations of causing wilful neglect between April and December 2012.

Pugh, of North Cornelly, had been accused of four counts of wilful neglect between June and October of the same year.