In a bizarre tribunal case a hospital employee will be awarded substantial compensation after management wrongly thought that he had sexual contact with a corpse . The Department for Health and Ageing were ordered by a Workers Compensation Tribunal to pay compensation to an employee at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital ( QEH ) in Adelaide for emotional trauma after it was wrongly assumed he was facing trial for necrophilia . In Judge Leonie Farrell ’ s judgement she said that in October 2012 the worker ’ s relationship with his partner broke down , The Advertiser reported . He was charged with aggravated assault by his ex-partner and had to inform his employer of this . The man was working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide when he was suspended . The worker spoke to his operations manager about the alleged assault case where the manager made notes of their conversation . It was here where all the confusion began . ' ( The operations manager wrote ) he faced allegations of ‘ necrophilia , intercourse with a corpse located at the QEH morgue which apparently everyone knows about ’ , ' Judge Farrell said . Other allegations made against the worker by his ex-partner was that he was a 'pornographic king ' . Judge Farrell said the operations manager was 'unfamiliar with criminal procedure ' and 'saw no distinction ' between a charge and an allegation . A hospital operations manager wrongly assumed during an interview with the employee that he was facing trial for necrophilia . The worker was suspended from his job as it was believed 'he had been charged with interfering with a body in the morgue ' . It was Judge Farrell 's view that the operations manager misunderstood what the worker was telling her about the necrophilia allegation . 'She did not do so deliberately or maliciously ... it was a simple misunderstanding resulting from her unfamiliarity with the matters being raised , ' the judge said . As the aggravated assault case progressed through the justice system , the worker was diagnosed HIV-positive and began to suffer anxiety issues . An appropriate award of compensation for the hospital employee is now being worked out . South Australia Police later confirmed that 'the comments made by the ex-partner appeared to have no substance ' . It was ruled that it was clear there had been a misunderstanding , that the worker had not breached the code of ethics and should never have been suspended . The matter was adjourned to hear submissions on the appropriate award of compensation .
Worker suffers trauma after wrongful suspension at hospital in Adelaide . The man was charged with aggravated assault by his ex-partner . Because of this he had to notify is employer about the pending case . Employer wrongly accepts ex-partner 's allegation of necrophilia as fact . But comments made by the ex-partner had 'no substance ' Tribunal rules ruled that it was clear there had been a misunderstanding .