Teenager could have been saved if he had been given 'basic' instructions by Scout leaders, inquest hears
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teenager’s life could have been saved if he had been given “basic” instructions by Scout leaders, an inquest heard. Ben Leonard, 16, from Stockport, was on an organised expedition with the Reddish Explorer Scouts when he suffered a serious head injury after falling 200ft from cliffs on the Great Orme in North Wales.
Ben and two friends had separated from the other Scouts and were not accompanied by any of the three Scout leaders on the trip when he fell from the cliff edge at the Llandudno landmark. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. The Scout Association for the first time accepted responsibility for the death on the first day of the inquest, five-and-a-half years after he died.
Gareth Williams was the first of the three Scout leaders on the trip to give evidence at Ben’s inquest, now in its fourth week, at Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
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