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Ed Farmer: Dad calls for expulsions over initiations
Jeremy Farmer, whose son Ed died after a university initiation, says that students found to be involved in future ceremonies should be 鈥渞emoved鈥 from university.
He told Today about he and his wife鈥檚 decision to turn off hospital life support after his son was declared 鈥渂rain dead鈥.
Newcastle University student Ed died in hospital in December 2016. A post-mortem examination found he had five times the legal drink-drive limit of alcohol in his blood.
(Image: Ed Farmer, credit: Family photo)
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