Prestigious school is struck by three high-profile deaths
The Independent|August 25, 2024
Entrepreneur Mike Lynch and attack victims Daniel Anjorin and Grace O'Malley-Kumar all attended London's Bancroft's
HOLLY EVANS
Prestigious school is struck by three high-profile deaths

An east London school is grappling with the loss of a respected alumnus after British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch drowned when his superyacht capsized off the coast of Italy.

Yet for Bancroft’s School in Woodford Green, it marks the third high-profile death in the course of 14 months. Firstly, in June 2023, former pupil Grace O’Malley-Kumar was stabbed to death in Nottingham by Valdo Calocane. Then, in April this year, pupil Daniel Anjorin, 14, was attacked and killed while walking in his school uniform.

The independent school is now once again in the headlines after 59-year-old Mr Lynch, who was the lead patron of the Bancroft Foundation, died in his boat the Bayesian, which sank during stormy weather on Monday morning.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 25, 2024 من The Independent.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 25, 2024 من The Independent.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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