THE mother of a former Harrow student killed in mysterious circumstances in 2003 in Germany is “devastated” following another delay in the investigation.

Jeremiah Duggan's body was found on a road near Weisbaden, in 2003 and although German police ruled he had died in a road traffic accident, the High Court ruled in May there were suspicious circumstances surrounding the case.

The 22-year-old ex-Quainton Hall School pupil had become mixed up with a right-wing group called La Rouche before he died.

In June, a new inquest at Barnet Coroners Court, insisted the Met Police re-examined the evidence and ordered them to report back by next Thursday, September 16.

However, yesterday Erica Duggan was told by officers they would not be attending the hearing as they had not got anywhere with the investigation.

She told the Harrow Times: “I'm absolutely devastated. It's been seven years and still they've got nowhere with this investigation.

“Police were asked to come and report back on how the investigation is progressing, not to make excuses and not attend.

“I had all this hope about the new inquest, but now this is going on and on I can't take it any more.”

Mrs Duggan was in Germany this weekend to lodge a complaint against German police with the European Court of Human Rights — the first time Germany has been taken to that court.

She claims police failed to properly investigate the circumstances surrounding Jeremiah's death and accuses them of destroying key pieces of evidence including her son's clothes.

A spokesman for the Met Police said they were investigating the death, but the complexity of liaising with German police meant the inquiries were taking longer than usual.