Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism scandal found dead

Jason Arday, who became Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, was accused of plagiarising parts of his doctoral thesis. (Photo: AFP)

LONDON - Black academic Jason Arday, who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week amid a high-profile plagiarism storm that featured racism claims, was found dead Friday, the prestigious British institution confirmed.

Arday, 41, was found unresponsive Friday afternoon at an address in south London, according to the capital's Metropolitan Police Service, which did not confirm the identity of the deceased person discovered.