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Giving evidence at an inquest at Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Mr Gilbert said that after setting off, he and his friends decided to take a different route to the other Reddish Explorer Scouts.

THE friend of a teen boy who plunged 200ft to his death on a Scouts trip has revealed his tragic final moments.Ben Leonard, 16, was on the expedition

Ben Leonard, 16, was on an organised expedition with the Reddish Explorer Scouts on August 26 2018 when he suffered a serious head injury.

Ben Leonard, 16, died after falling 200ft from a cliff during a Scout trip in 2018.

A police officer says Ben Leonard would still be alive if a Great Orme walk was planned properly.

Benjamin Leonards mother spoke of his love of literature and film, and of writing and reading, which extended to producing his own screenplays.

Ben Leonard, 16, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was on an organised expedition with the Reddish Explorer Scouts in 2018 when he suffered a serious head injury.

Lawyers for the Scout Association apologise to Ben Leonard's mother at his inquest.

Ben Leonard’s mother told a court it was five-and-a-half years too late and the treatment of her family had been ‘disgusting’.

The Scout Association has for the first time publicly apologised and accepted responsibility for the death of a teenager who fell from a cliff top while on an organised trip.