A senior university lecturer was sacked after he sent his student a recording of himself reading her an intimate love letter in which he professed I want you to be part of my soul .
Dr Andrew Merrison, then 51, developed intense feelings for the 20-year-old, declaring that he wanted their souls to be fused together, a tribunal heard.
The married academic turned up uninvited at the 20 year old s house late at night, exchanged 9,000 text messages with her, kissed her on the forehead and held her hand, it was heard.
Dr Andrew Merrison, pictured, has lost his employment appeals tribunal against his sacking by York St John University after a female student, 20, complained the 51-year-old lecturer tried to groom her
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