Outrage as drunk Cambridge University student sets fire to a £20 note in front of a freezing homeless person

A shocked passer-by watched while the apparently inebriated man, a distant relative of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, allegedly attempted to burn the banknote in front of a vagrant in the early hours of February 2.

Ronald Coyne was named as the student in the video by the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA) and was expelled from the group after video of the prank was seen by hundreds of students when it was shared on Snapchat.

A spokesman for the CUCA told MailOnline: 'The CUCA committee became aware of serious allegations against Ronald Coyne late last week concerning his private behaviour.

'There is no room for people who behave like that in our association, any other university association, or frankly our university. 

'This disgusting and abhorrent behaviour occurred completely independently of CUCA, and did not take place before or after any CUCA event.