Emyr Williams on This Morning in 2014
A vampire expert is at the centre of a a furore involving claims that he licked up a student’s blood when she cut herself in one of his classes.
Dr Emyr Williams, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Wrexham Glyndwr University, north Wales, is alleged to have been spotted swiping the blood and sucking it off his fingers when the student looked over her shoulder as she left the room.
The student confided in Helen Coleman, a PhD student at the time, who then launched a whistleblowing campaign against the psychology lecturer.
But four years since she made her first claims, Ms Coleman still feels nothing is being done to keep her students safe.
Dr Williams featured in national media three years ago when he said vampires are not a myth, and that there are as many as 15,000 living in the UK.
The 34-year-old academic has previously publicly denied that he is a vampire, according to the Sunday Times. He added that because of this he has ‘struggled’ to win the trust of the closed community he is so intrigued by.
Georgina Calvert-Lee, who is representing Ms Coleman on behalf of legal firm McAllister Olivarius, said: ‘The students liked her and felt comfortable confiding in her.
From left to right: Pyretta Blaze, Andy Filth with Emyr Williams on This Morning during a segment about real-life vampires
The student confided in Helen Coleman (pictured), a PhD student at the time, who then launched a whistleblowing campaign against the Dr Williams.
‘She was not there when it happened but she was told by a student who had cut herself in one of (Dr Williams’s) classes and had looked over her shoulder at the end of the class that she had seen him lick the blood off his fingers.’
This is one of many reports of strange and inappropriate behaviour regarding Dr Williams which are being laid out by Ms Coleman’s counsel in an ongoing tribunal in Cardiff.
Ms Calvert-Lee added that her client felt ‘out of her comfort zone’ and in 2013 decided to act as a whistleblower and report the activities.
But she is still unhappy that in 2017, nothing has changed to help keep the students safe. The senior counsel said: ‘No measures of protection have been put in place four years on.’
After Ms Coleman stepped up to make her reports, her lawyers allege she was bullied in the workplace.
Ms Calvert-Lee said: ‘She was kicked out of her professional PhD course. She still works there but not in an academic role.
‘She is concerned that the university hasn’t done anything to intervene or protect students.’
MailOnline has contacted Dr Williams and Glyndwr University for comment.
In its defence, according to the Sunday Times, the University denied she was treated badly.
The tribunal continues.
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