Campaign to protect students from abuse

The mother of a teenager who took her own life after suffering a catalogue of mental and physical abuse at the hands of a fellow student will to day launch a new campaign to ensure no other students suffer in silence.

Fi on a Drouet said A 5 information stickers will be put on the doors of every Scottish university and college halls to ensure that young people know where to access support for psychological, emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

Mrs Drouet’s daughter Emily died three years ago in her Aberdeen University student accommodation at the age of 18. She had suffered a catalogue of psychological and physical abuse, at the hands of her 20-year-old boyfriend Angus Milligan.

In 2017 he admitted assault and threatening behaviour and was ordered to carr y out 180 hours of unpaid work.