The suicide of Jason Arday
Jason Arday: Life & Death | Suicide | NB: The following is written under the assumption that Jason Arday committed suicide on 14 August 2026 and pending the outcome of a coroner inquest. Jason Arday 1985 - 2026 Contents Introduction Precursors Roehampton 2018 References ----------------- Abstract : Jason Arday committed suicide on 14 August 2026 after a ten month period of suicidal ideation arising out of the shame associated with the public revelation of his academic plagiarism and fantasist fraud dating back to his childhood. Evidence points to Narcissistic Personality Disorder as key to an understanding of, and explanation for, many of these behaviours. Arday's suicide was an aggressive action taken as a consequence of that mental condition, to avert responsibility and enable the scapegoating of others, including Cambridge University, and whistleblowers Professor David Harris, journalist Jack Gordon and academic Nathan Cofnas. --------------...