A first-year student died after falling from the third floor of his university halls after saying he knew a 'short cut', an inquest heard. William King, 18, slipped and fell from a bannister and died in hospital just over a week later with his family by his side.
William, from London, was described as a 'fit, active and sporty' student who had enrolled at Manchester Metropolitan University a month before the incident. He fractured his spine and sustained unsurvivable head injuries from the fall, Manchester Evening News reports.
An inquest into his death concluded at Manchester coroner’s court on February 21. The court heard William had been enjoying some drinks at his friend Jasmine’s flat, directly above his, on the third floor of Cambridge South Halls, Cavendish Street.
