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Matthew Wilcox is thought to have fallen into the river off Riverside Court on Friday, February 26 where another student Gavin Terry is thought to have fallen and drowned in 2008.

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Now after calls for improved fencing, Leeds City Council is to liaise with police, officials of the Water Board and Health and Safety Executive and riverside property owners to see if action can be taken to prevent further drownings.

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The Yorkshire Evening Post believes there is strong evidence that Mr Wilcox may have gone over or through a horizontal metal pole fence which runs across the bottom of the road and in front of Riverside Court apartments.

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His death comes just over two years after Gavin Terry, also 19, and a Leeds Metropolitan University quantity surveyor student, plunged into the river from near to Riverside Court after a night drinking in January 2008.

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The body of Mr Terry, from Baildon, Bradford, was found two months later near to Skelton Grange two miles down river.

The YEP believes that the final sighting of Matthew Wilcox, who had left the Mission Nightclub off Lower Briggate at 3am on February 26, is of him entering the steep blocked paved cul-de-sac leading to Riverside Court and the river. His body was found by police divers a week later.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said that it is unclear exactly where he entered the river and it would be inappropriate to comment further while inquiries were ongoing.

At the inquest into Mr Terry's death the senior investigating police officer, Det Supt Paul Taylor said that it appeared that Mr Terry and others had been drinking at a student halls of residence party before going into the centre.

It appeared Mr Terry, who visited the Revolution nightclub, had for some reason fallen over or through the waist-high pole fence at the bottom of Riverside Court. There was nothing to suggest any injury or suspicious circumstance.

Deputy Coroner Richard Manning recorded a narrative verdict.

The disappearance of Matthew, who came from Wickersley, near Rotherham, sparked a public appeal and major police search of the city centre as well as the river. Many thousands of fellow students and friends joined a large internet campaign to find him and some have called for improvements to riverside fencing.

There are 10 iron bollards to stop vehicles at the bottom of Riverside Court in front of the pole fence.

A spokeswoman for Leeds City Council said:"We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Matthew Wilcox during this difficult time and we will work with our partners, British Waterways Board, the police and the private property owners along that stretch of the river to see whether there is anything we can do to improve the situation. We will also seek the views of the Health and Safety Executive."