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Katrine Bussey

Swinney urges commentators to ‘consider impact of words’ after Jason Arday death

Those who made ‘hard comments’ about a former Cambridge professor must ‘consider the impact of their words’, John Swinney has said (Steve Welsh/PA) -

The death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday is a “deeply concerning and sad case” John Swinney has said – with Scotland’s First Minister adding that those who had made “hard comments” after a plagiarism row must “consider the impact of their words”.

Mr Swinney’s comment’s came after Andy Burnham described Prof Arday’s death as being a “tragedy on so many levels”.

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