Sarah Abu Lebdeh, a 27-year-old nurse from Sydney, has had the charge of threatening to kill Israeli patients dropped by prosecutors.
Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, both working at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital, sparked outrage when a video showed them refusing to treat Israeli patients and seemingly threatening them. Their inflammatory rhetoric was captured in a video chat with Israeli influencer Max Veifer, who shared it online.
The pair faced accusations of threatening violence and using carriage services to menace, harass, or cause offense. However, on Tuesday in Downing Centre local court, the charge against Lebdeh for threatening to kill Israeli patients was withdrawn by prosecutors.
Lebdeh still faces the other two charges and is on bail with restrictions barring social media use and travel outside the country.
Nadir, 28, was hospitalized after the video’s release and faces charges of using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offense, and possession of a prohibited drug, specifically morphine. He has pleaded not guilty and will contest the drug charge at a hearing in October.
Both nurses have had their registrations suspended in NSW and have been banned from practicing nursing nationwide.
