The son of world famous Essex sculptor John Doubleday was killed after becoming trapped on a deserted train, an inquest has heard.

Medical student Edwin Doubleday, 24, apparently panicked when he realised the out-of-service tube train was moving and was dashed against a tunnel wall while trying to get out between the carriages.

Edwin, who was studying medicine at Manchester University, had been travelling on the tube as it pulled into Liverpool Street on February 12.

It was announced that the train was being moved into the sidings and all the passengers should disembark.

Horrified eyewitnesses told City Coroner's Court on Tuesday that they believed Edwin, who was three months short of sitting his finals, had attempted to beat the crush on the platform and was making his way down empty carriages using the interconnecting doors in a bid to reach the exit.

But then the train started moving.

PC Scott Lister said: "He collided with the tunnel wall and the force of it sent him out of the train and down the gap between the train and the wall."

The accident happened as Edwin was returning to see his parents at Goat Lodge Road, Great Totham, after a day with friends in London.

Witness Guila Del Greco said he had seen Edwin and another man trying to avoid queuing on the platform.

"I noticed two men were trying to get ahead of the crowds by jumping off the end of the carriage, then back on to the next carriage and so on.

"The doors just closed and I realised at least one of the men had been caught inside the train."

The driver of the train, Raymond Dietz, broke down as he told the inquest that the tube had been stationary for about a minute and he had made three announcements.

"I would have expected a passenger left on the train to use the passenger alarms. I would have been able to reassure him and speak directly to him."

A pathologist gave the cause of death as multiple injuries and the jury returned a verdict of misadventure.

London Underground extended its sympathy to the family, saying it "deeply regrets" Edwin's death and that a full investigation was being carried out.

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