Lecturer who is one of Britain's leading vampire experts 'tasted the blood of a student when she cut herself in one of his classes'

  • Emyr Williams, Senior Lecturer at Wrexham Glyndwr University, north Wales, is alleged to have been spotted sucking blood off his fingers as student left room
  • 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 
  • Student confided in Helen Coleman, a PhD student at the time, who reported it
  • But string of claims of inappropriate behaviour have been ignored by the university since whistleblowing in 2013, Ms Coleman's lawyers claim 
  • In its defence the University denied Helen Coleman was treated badly

Emyr Williams on This Morning in 2014

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

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.

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. 

English actor Christopher Lee as the blood-sucking Count in Dracula A.D. 1972

English actor Christopher Lee as the blood-sucking Count in Dracula A.D. 1972

Blood-sucking vampires have been a popular topic in the film industry for decades
Film: Dracula Untold (2014)

Blood-sucking vampires have been a popular topic in the film industry for decades

'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.

FOR £6,200, AN INFUSION OF YOUTH FROM A TEEN'S VEINS 

According to grisly folklore, blood-sucking vampires like nothing more than stealing ‘life’ from the living.

Now an American start-up company has adopted the idea by offering transfusions of the blood of the young for £6,200.

Older recipients receive two litres of blood plasma – the liquid part of blood – from someone aged 16 to 25.

While the service has little scientific backing, there seems to be some appetite for it.

Jesse Karmazin, who has a degree in medicine, claims his firm Ambrosia, based in Silicon Valley, has 100 people with an average age of 65 on his books undergoing the ‘treatment’. He said: ‘It could help improve things such as appearance or diabetes or heart function or memory.

‘I’m not really in the camp of saying this will provide immortality but I think it comes pretty close, essentially.’

Speaking to The Observer, he added: ‘It’s like plastic surgery from the inside out.’

Ambrosia gets its supplies by buying surplus blood from blood banks. In May, Mr Karmazin claimed that customers’ blood cholesterol levels fell 10 per cent and a biomarker linked to increased risk of cancer fell by 20 per cent. Amyloids, substances that form plaques in people with Alzheimer’s, were reportedly 20 per cent lower.

An experiment that linked the blood vessels of young mice to old mice found that the young mice deteriorated, while the old mice improved, the journal Cell reports.

Transfusions are considered safe but may cause a rash, lung injury and infections.

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