What is assisted dying and where is it legal? London student discussed euthanasia before jumping to death

A university student walked out of hospital and jumped to his death in front of a Piccadilly Line train shortly after telling medics he “wanted to be euthanised”, an inquest has heard.

Alexander Corda-Stanley, 20, was admitted to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after being found intoxicated on the pavement in front of an off licence. He had taken a cocktail of alcohol and drugs.

On the ambulance ride to hospital, he openly discussed death and told paramedics he was “very upset that euthanasia is illegal in the UK”. But hospital nurses insist they were not told about his comments.

The Oxford Brookes University business and finance student had battled with anxiety for years. His academic prospects nose-dived in the pandemic when classes moved online.

The inquest hearedentering a Tube station at 11.15pm on July 4, 2021, before taking his life.