Bristol University student kills herself after riding to suicide spot with pal – the sixth to take their own life this year
Lara Nosiru took a taxi to Clifton Suspension Bridge with a fellow student before leaping to her death after taking LSD in January this year, a coroners court heard
A UNIVERSITY student leapt to her death off a bridge after taking a taxi there with a pal, an inquest heard yesterday.
Lara Nosiru, 23, took LSD before going to Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol with fellow student Kasumi Kishi.
Ms Kishi told cops she had hoped to convince Lara not to kill herself.
CCTV showed she twice pulled her from the edge before walking away.
Police looked at charges including assisting suicide but ruled no offence was committed.
But last night Lara’s mum Olu, 50, from South Ockendon, Essex, blasted Ms Kishi, saying: “She could have saved her.”
The Avon and Somerset coroner ruled Lara took her own life while under the influence of drugs.
SIX TRAGIC BRISTOL STUDENTS COMMITTED SUICIDE THIS YEAR
- Lara Nosiru, 23, from Essex, was found on January 30 in a gorge beneath a 330ft bridge in Bristol after taking sleeping tablets and LSD.
- Philosophy student Miranda Williams, 19, from Chichester struggled with anxiety and depression. Three weeks after leaving home, she is understood to have taken her own life on October 10.
- 18-year-old Daniel Green was found dead on October 21, reportedly after breaking up with his girlfriend.
- Less than a month later on November 10, Kim Long, an 18-year-old law student, was also found dead alongside a suicide note for his parents.
- Former Bristol University student Maxine Wiley, 23,was discovered dead at her flat in the city on September 2. A conclusion of hanging was recorded.
- After going "downhill" during a year of studying abroad in Italy, Elsa Scaburri, 21, returned to the UK in January this year. The modern languages student was diagnosed with clinical depression and tragically hanged herself in an isolated barn a mile from her home.
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