A DISTRAUGHT mum blamed university life for the death of her ambitious son who wanted to work for Google but instead turned to drugs to cope.

Sarah Stuart claims son Kyle Remzi, a computer science student at Essex University, ordered Xanax online to deal with stress and MDMA to fit in with others at the university.

At his inquest yesterday Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray ruled the 20-year-old died as a result of an accident after a post mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple drug intoxication.

The court heard Mr Remzi, of Avon Way, in Colchester, met up with some friends on January 20 and was heard to order MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

They then went to a house party, where a dozen people were gathered.

The court heard the Manchester United fan was drinking alcohol and taking the drug.

At 12.40am on January 21, he was struggling with the effects so two friends and a neighbour took him back to his student house and put him to bed.

By 4.50pm later that day, despite a number of attempts to contact him, nobody had heard from Mr Remzi so his housemates became concerned.

When they went into his room, they found him unresponsive.

Det Insp Mark Cadd, from Essex Police, told the inquest: “I was called to a death which was believed to involve controlled substances.

“He was lying on the floor.

“His housemates had been performing CPR on him.”

Mr Cadd added: “It was quite clear he was a drug user. He was buying Xanax online. He had been offering drugs that evening.”

But his mother asked: “What about the person who gave the drugs to my son?

“Is he killing other people’s sons?”

Paying tribute to the 20-year-old, she said: “He was my beautiful son. A gentle giant.

“He gave me the best 20 years of my life.

“Everyone loved him.

“He said he was going to university and I wanted him to go to one in London but he was a big boy.”

She said he did not take drugs before university, ordered Xanax because of “the pressure” and the MDMA because of peer pressure.

She called for tougher laws to stop drugs being bought online and more help for students.

A post mortem examination found Alaprazolam, from anxiety medication Xanax, in Mr Remzi’s system.

There were also traces of MDMA and alcohol. He leaves behind a brother, sister and loving family.

Essex University bosses have urged students thinking about taking drugs to cope with pressure to get help from support services instead.

Kyle Remzi, 20, went to the Colchester campus to study computer science, learn coding, work for Google and design apps.

Instead he died after ordering Xanax online and buying MDMA from an unknown dealer.

Dr Nilüfer Demirkan-Jones, Head of Essex Pathways, said: “We are deeply saddened by Kyle’s death and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

“Kyle was a student on our pathways to computer science course aiming to progress to a BSc Computer Science and was a student who showed potential.”

Registrar Bryn Morris added: “The university does not condone the use of drugs and supports students who face problems due to drug use.

“We encourage friends or fellow students to speak to our support services, our 24-hour security team or our Nightline service if they have concerns about someone they know. We are here to help students access appropriate help or treatment.”

Mr Remzi’s inquest was held at Essex Coroner’s Court.

Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray expressed her sympathy to his family.