Pupil Died After 'Liaison' Spread Around School

Avon Coroner's Court was told that a liaison Matthew Brittan had the previous day with a female student at Worle Community School had become common knowledge. A typed note was later recovered from Matthew's home in the Locking Castle area of the town, which included the unlock codes for his phone, laptop and tablet, the court heard. John Wilson, a civilian investigator for British Transport Police, told the hearing: "A statement from a female school friend, A, which gives details of her friendship with Matthew and there is some mention of a closer friendship between another female, DV.