00:01Reflection is needed according to Britain's leader following the death of Jason Arday.
00:05A black academic accused of plagiarism in a case that has prompted criticism of the University of Cambridge and the
00:11media.
00:12The 41-year-old sociology professor was found dead on Friday, days after resigning from the university.
00:19Police said his death was unexpected but was not being treated as suspicious.
00:23On Saturday, Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke about Arday's death.
00:27It's a tragedy, it's a tragedy on so many levels but particularly just for everybody who knew Jason, his family
00:38obviously, his friends.
00:39We think of them today. It's not a moment for any rushing to judgment, it's a moment for reflection I
00:47would say.
00:48Reflecting on how things came to this. A really sad and sorry state of affairs.
00:55And I think we just all today think of Jason, his contribution and his family and friends.
01:01Arday resigned on August 5th after a former Cambridge researcher accused him of plagiarism in his PhD thesis.
01:08He denied the allegation but acknowledged making mistakes.
01:11Cambridge University pledged this week, before Arday's death, to investigate the circumstances of his appointment in his academic work.
01:19The cases fueled debate over the university's handling of the allegations.
01:24Arday's accounts of his childhood struggles with autism and his sporting achievements, including a claim to have run 30 marathons
01:31in 35 days, have also been challenged.
01:33His family said on Friday that he had been the victim of misinformation and harassment.
01:38In the case of the family, his family went to a re-union.
01:38He was the victim of the father of the man who was a young man who was a young man
01:38who was a young man who was not doing his life.
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