The De Montfort University student claims she was called a ‘n*****’ on campus (Picture: PA)

A student who claims she was racially abused on campus says she has been suspended because her abusers feel ‘scared and intimidated’.

Elizabeth Sawyer said she was invited out by coursemates at De Montfort University in Leicester when they started singing the racist nursery rhyme ‘Eeny Meeny Miny Moe’.

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She said one of the students later called her a ‘n*****’ to her face on campus.

After Elizabeth shared the alleged abuse online on February 7, the university replied by saying they were taking the allegations ‘extremely seriously’, and would take ‘immediate and appropriate action’.


However, more than a month later, Elizabeth told the university paper The Demon that instead of taking action against her abusers, they suspended her.

Elizabeth claims she was repeatedly abused by the same students at De Montfort University (Picture: Twitter)

She said she received a letter from the university detailing a complaint that she had used ‘‘abusive and offensive’ towards the coursemate.



The letter reportedly states that pending an investigation, she has been suspended from her course and banned from entering the campus.

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Elizabeth, who denies the accusation, told The Demon: ‘The university has suspended me because the two racist white girls feel “scared and intimidated” by seeing me so now they are making sure the black students are not going to retaliate so I have been suspended until further notice.

‘I am so angry because if I wanted to threaten them or fight I would have fought since February. They are making the black students look aggressive when that is not the case at all.’

Elizabeth’s cousin said she was concerned about her safety (Picture: Twitter)

The university has been busy responding to outraged social media users, who are sharing Elizabeth’s tweets.

A spokesman said they are still preparing an official statement, but they did address the growing concern on Twitter: ‘We completely understand people’s concerns re what’s been posted on Twitter since last night about the suspension of one of our students.

‘It is an extremely sensitive issue. There are a number of aspects which need to be explored.’