Judge REJECTS Scout leaders' bid after boy, 16, was unlawfully killed on trip
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA senior judge has denied a request to overturn the verdict of an inquest, which found that a teenager had been unlawfully killed after he died on a Scout trip.
Ben Leonard, 16, died on August 26, 2018, after he suffered a serious head injury while on a trip with the Reddish Explorer Scouts from Stockport.
The injury came after Ben fell about 200ft at Great Orme in Llandudno, North Wales. Ben and two friends took a different path from other Scouts, unsupervised by any Scout leaders, who had “lost” the trio on the Orme.
Ben ended up on a 50cm ledge, which was an animal track. He lost his footing, slipped and fell to his death. A jury found Ben was unlawfully killed by the most senior Scout leader on the trip, and an assistant Scout leader, and this was contributed to by neglect by The Scout Association.
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