Oxford student took his own life after being ‘ostracized’, inquest hears

An ‘ostracized’ Oxford pupil took his ain beingness aft being ‘shunned’ by his chap students, an inquest has heard.

Alexander Rogers, 20, died aft helium fell successful the River Thames and suffered a ‘serious caput injury’ successful January this year.

During an inquest astatine Oxford Coroner’s Court, the tribunal heard the Corpus Christi College pupil was reported missing days aft returning from his Christmas holidays.

Mr Rogers had a ‘happy and sociable wintertime interruption and was looking guardant to returning to college’ connected January 9th.

The inquest heard that days later, a student, who antecedently was successful a narration with Mr Rogers, made an allegation that an incidental had taken spot connected January 11, which led to his friends to halt speaking to him, This is Oxfordshire reported.

Four days aboriginal Mr Rogers was reported missing. His assemblage was recovered that day by exigency services.

A reappraisal into Mr Rogers’ death, led by Dr Dominique Thompson, recovered the allegation was made without immoderate evidence.

She added a ‘pervasive civilization of societal ostracization’ which was ‘established and normalised’ led to students being excluded without evidence, the inquest heard.

Dr Thompson told the tribunal she was ‘shocked but not surprised’ aft proceeding grounds astir what had happened from Oxford students arsenic ‘cancel culture’ is rife connected societal media, nine and successful schools.

‘It was shocking to perceive that students were treating each different successful this way, but I was not amazed by this signifier of behaviour,’ she told the inquest.

The assemblage was not alert of this civilization earlier the study is addressing it with immoderate diligence,’ the inquest heard.

A associated spokesperson for the assemblage and assemblage said: ‘Oxford University and Corpus Christi College widen our deepest sympathies to Alexander’s household and everyone successful our assemblage who has been saddened by his tragic death.

‘The College commissioned an autarkic reappraisal to place each learning successful this lawsuit with the purpose of minimising the accidental of specified a tragic nonaccomplishment happening again.

‘The wellbeing of our students remains our implicit precedence and we are committed to maintaining the information of each those wrong our assemblage and assemblage community. Our thoughts stay with Alexander’s household and his friends.”

The assemblage added: ‘Alexander was a talented student, good known and liked successful the assemblage assemblage and beyond and a vibrant beingness successful the Junior Common Room, the vessel nine and the Materials Science cohort.

‘Whilst the nonaccomplishment of immoderate young beingness is tragic, we person felt Alexander’s decease peculiarly keenly.’

Coroner Nicholas Graham ruled the decease of Mr Rogers arsenic suicide.

He said helium plans to nonstop a missive to the Department for Education, asking them to see ‘cancel culture’ and its prevalence successful universities.

He added: ‘While what we are dealing with present is successful the involvement of the nationalist the household additionally has to transportation the unsocial load of grief, which is simply a dense one.

‘From what we person heard Alexander was an highly capable and fashionable young antheral and his passing is bittersweet indeed.’

Friends of Mr Rogers remembered him arsenic ‘the epitome of what is bully successful this world; kind, warm, funny, and an unthinkable person to truthful many’.

A fundraiser acceptable up successful his representation has besides raised £10,000 for the Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention charity.

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