By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 05:50 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:05 EST, 29 November 2013 . The woman linked to the slavery case who mysteriously died while living in a Maoist commune was at university with Cherie Blair, it has emerged. Sian Davies graduated with a masters degree at the London School of Economics in 1975 alongside the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair who had studied law. One of the world’s top universities, the Russell Group establishment’s alumni includes some of the world's top politicians including 12 Nobel Prize winners, two presidents of Colombia, the former prime minister of Nepal, and former American president John F. Kennedy. Sian Davies, left, was studying for a masters degree at the London School of Economics in the 1970s. She graduated in 1975 alongside Cherie Booth, the wife-to-be of Tony Blair, right, who had been reading law . It specialises in social sciences and has numerous active political groups for students. While Mrs Blair, then Ms Booth, was called to the bar a year later, Ms Davies immersed herself in south east London’s Maoist community. One of Cherie Blair's former contemporaries told the Daily Mirror: 'Sian was quiet and shy. There were a lot of strange groups operating around the university and it looks like she got involved with one of them.' Quiet and shy: One of Cherie Blair's former classmates at LSE described Sian Davies, here aged 22, as 'shy' Education: She was privately educated in Wales before studying law at Aberystwyth University . Ms Davies, who was privately educated in . Wales before studying law at Aberystwyth University, died in 1997, seven . months after she fell from the window of a Maoist home in Herne Hill, . south London. The face of Rosie 'the slave': Woman held for three decades in the Maoist commune in London . When she died, she had just £5 in her bank account and her only possession was a stash of Marxist literature, according to reports. In 1970 she had received thousands of pounds . when her father Alun died - but apparently spent most of it on . funding the far-Left movement based in South London. It has also been claimed that Ms Davies' family, from whom she was enstranged, were so worried about her being exploited that they froze her bank account. She was living with cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan and his other followers. Three other women, including Ms Davies' daughter Rosie, who has lived with the sect her whole life, escaped the property last week. They were yesterday interviewed by . police for the first time as officers investigate whether Balakrishnan, . known as 'Comrade Bala', and his wife Chanda should face charges. Ms . Davies, who was 44 when she died, was brought up in a middle-class . family in North Wales and attended the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies' College. She was drawn . in to the Workers' Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought . after she moved to London for university in 1977. Cult: Ms Herivel, centre, with fellow member Aishah Wahab, left, and leader Aravindan Balakrishnan, right . Boarded up: The house in South London pictured after the three women escaped last week . The group relied on her inheritance to fund itself for many years, leaving her almost penniless, according to the Guardian. The Maoists were apparently based for a time in a house in Battersea owned by Ms Davies, before she gave them £10,000 to lease their headquarters in Brixton. Her family were unaware that she had had a daughter while living with Balakrishnan, and were not told that she had been left paraplegic after falling from a second-storey window. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
Sian Davies, mother of one of the London 'slaves' that escaped last week, graduated from LSE with former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife in 1975 .
She had been studying for a masters degree at the leading university .
Mrs Blair's contemporary has described Ms Davies as 'quiet and shy'
She joined Maoist group and gave £10,000 of her inherited money to them .
In 1997 she died after falling out window of a Maoist commune near Brixton .
By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 05:50 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:05 EST, 29 November 2013 . The woman linked to the slavery case who mysteriously died while living in a Maoist commune was at university with Cherie Blair, it has emerged. Sian Davies graduated with a masters degree at the London School of Economics in 1975 alongside the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair who had studied law. One of the world’s top universities, the Russell Group establishment’s alumni includes some of the world's top politicians including 12 Nobel Prize winners, two presidents of Colombia, the former prime minister of Nepal, and former American president John F. Kennedy. Sian Davies, left, was studying for a masters degree at the London School of Economics in the 1970s. She graduated in 1975 alongside Cherie Booth, the wife-to-be of Tony Blair, right, who had been reading law . It specialises in social sciences and has numerous active political groups for students. While Mrs Blair, then Ms Booth, was called to the bar a year later, Ms Davies immersed herself in south east London’s Maoist community. One of Cherie Blair's former contemporaries told the Daily Mirror: 'Sian was quiet and shy. There were a lot of strange groups operating around the university and it looks like she got involved with one of them.' Quiet and shy: One of Cherie Blair's former classmates at LSE described Sian Davies, here aged 22, as 'shy' Education: She was privately educated in Wales before studying law at Aberystwyth University . Ms Davies, who was privately educated in . Wales before studying law at Aberystwyth University, died in 1997, seven . months after she fell from the window of a Maoist home in Herne Hill, . south London. The face of Rosie 'the slave': Woman held for three decades in the Maoist commune in London . When she died, she had just £5 in her bank account and her only possession was a stash of Marxist literature, according to reports. In 1970 she had received thousands of pounds . when her father Alun died - but apparently spent most of it on . funding the far-Left movement based in South London. It has also been claimed that Ms Davies' family, from whom she was enstranged, were so worried about her being exploited that they froze her bank account. She was living with cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan and his other followers. Three other women, including Ms Davies' daughter Rosie, who has lived with the sect her whole life, escaped the property last week. They were yesterday interviewed by . police for the first time as officers investigate whether Balakrishnan, . known as 'Comrade Bala', and his wife Chanda should face charges. Ms . Davies, who was 44 when she died, was brought up in a middle-class . family in North Wales and attended the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies' College. She was drawn . in to the Workers' Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought . after she moved to London for university in 1977. Cult: Ms Herivel, centre, with fellow member Aishah Wahab, left, and leader Aravindan Balakrishnan, right . Boarded up: The house in South London pictured after the three women escaped last week . The group relied on her inheritance to fund itself for many years, leaving her almost penniless, according to the Guardian. The Maoists were apparently based for a time in a house in Battersea owned by Ms Davies, before she gave them £10,000 to lease their headquarters in Brixton. Her family were unaware that she had had a daughter while living with Balakrishnan, and were not told that she had been left paraplegic after falling from a second-storey window. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
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