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Hannah Witheridge death: UEA tutor remembers "exceptional young woman"

Hannah Witheridge.

Staff from the University of East Anglia say that they are "extremely saddened" by the death of 23-year-old Hannah Witheridge, after she was murdered while holidaying on the Thai island of Koh Tao.

Miss Witheridge, from Great Yarmouth, was a graduate from the university and completed a three year BA in Education in 2012.

She was killed along with David Miller from Jersey earlier this week.

The UEA have announced that the university flag will be lowered in Hannah’s memory on 17 September.

“Hannah excelled in her studies. She was a very dedicated and highly motivated student.

For her dissertation she carried out a study on the importance of outdoor learning in the early years and this was one of the best in the year.

Outside the University Hannah was a very keen equestrian and enjoyed being out and about with her friends. She was an exceptional young woman, much loved both by her fellow students and by her tutors. She was very supportive of her friends and in turn she created very close knit friendships with her peers.”

– Dr Paola Iannone, Hannah’s course director

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