An inquest hears that 18-year-old autistic student Sam Coutts died by suicide at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington in January. He was found dead in the college’s toilets, according to multiple reports.
The outlets describe a meeting with the vice principal shortly before his death. The reports say the meeting related to concerns raised about Coutts’s social media activity and how college support was provided, including posts described as a “crush” or romantic interest in a support worker. One outlet focuses on that support-worker removal element, while others emphasize the role of the social media posts and the location where he was found.
The differing accounts reflect emphasis on particular circumstances leading up to the death, including the support-worker issue and the content of Coutts’s posts. The inquest is presented as assessing what happened in the period leading up to his death and the college’s responses to the issues raised.
