Scots physics student 'heard voice of Napoleon' before he died during drug battle

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A Scottish student told doctors he heard the voice of 'Napoleon' before he died during a long battle with drugs. Callum Brown, 24, who was living in London at the time of his death on October 19, 2021, told medics he was hearing 'voices' while studying theoretical physics at Edinburgh University.

The keen boxer was found by his girlfriend face down on the sofa with "discolouration on his back" when she had arrived home, My London reports.An inquest heard today how she called medics and gave him CPR for 20 minutes before they arrived, but it was too late and he was declared dead at 9:28pm.Callum, who was working as a financial sales consultant, had street heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, and trace amounts of alcohol in his system.However, Coroner Mary Hassel concluded it was the heroin that caused positional asphyxiation which led to his death at his Discovery Dock flat in Canary Wharf, East London.His heartbroken father Alistair, from Glasgow, asked the coroner if his son's phone had been used to track the drug dealers as Calum's siblings and partner wept towards the conclusion of the hearing.Coroner Hassle explained even though police were given access to his phone "huge backlogs" meant no guarantee of arrests, adding dealers are elusive.

Callum's death came after just one appointment with a new psychotherapist in London who told him to seek a psychiatric diagnosis before returning for more therapy.

Alistair had referred his son because he was concerned about his mental health.The court heard how "sadly he never returned to his second session".Calum reportedly took heroin and amphetamines from 2018.The straight-A student told medics that he heard voices while studying in Edinburgh, telling one doctor he "had 6