A woman has denied sparking a major emergency at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by falsely reporting a suspicious package – containing documents, hair and powder.
Police, firefighters and paramedics specially trained to deal with potentially hazardous chemicals descended on ARI following the incident on August 9 2019.
A section of the hospital had to be evacuated while a yellow decontamination tent was erected outside and emergency services investigated.
Now, Karen Campbell-Grey, of Rosehearty, is facing court charged in connection with the incident.
She faces a charge of breach of the peace, or an alternative charge of wasting police time.
It is alleged the 43-year-old, while acting in the course of her employment at the hospital, introduced a package containing documents, hair and powder that she knew to contain non-hazardous materials.
She is then said to have contacted police and represented the package and contents as suspicious and having been delivered there by third party with the contents unknown.
‘Psychological assessment’
This is said to have caused police officers, civilian police employees, and members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service to attend in response and the hospital to be evacuated.
Campbell-Grey was not personally present when the case called against her at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, but solicitor Lynn Bentley confirmed she was pleading not guilty.
She added the defence was seeking a psychological assessment.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan fixed a further pre-trial hearing for November.
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