Birmingham University 'suicide' shock

Jan 24 2009

Birmingham’s Gisbert Kapp building on Monday, January 19,” she said. “The police were informed and an investigation is underway to establish the cause of death.”

She refused to disclose whether the body was discovered by students, and in which part of the building Mr Omer was found.

West Midlands Police confirmed they were not treating the death as suspicious.

The building houses the school of engineering and was built in 1973. It was named after the first professor of electrical engineering at the University and recently underwent an expensive refurbishment.

An inquest into the death was opened and adjourned on Tuesday by Birmingham coroner Aiden Cotter.

Mr Omer’s brother attended the hearing, which was told that the dead man was originally from Sudan.