US EditionScout Association referred to police over boy's death on 2018 trip
- Ben Leonard, 16, died after falling off a cliff during a Scout trip to North Wales. The Scout Association publicly apologized and accepted responsibility.
- The inquest revealed neglect by the Scout Association, lack of a risk assessment, and unsupervised activities that led to Ben's death.
- The scout leader failed to warn about dangers and lacked proper training, highlighting organizational failures that contributed to the tragic incident.
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A UK jury found that a boy who fell during a Scout outing was unlawfully killed
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A coroner has referred the Scout Association to U.K. police for investigation after a jury found that a 16-year-old boy who died on a Scout trip in 2018 was unlawfully killed. Ben Leonard suffered a serious head injury when he lost his footing on a cliff edge and fell about 200 feet during a hiking trip with a group of Scouts in Llandudno in north Wales in August 2018. A jury heard during a two-month …
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Teenager who died on Scout trip was unlawfully killed
Ben Leonard, 16, fell to his death during a trip to North Wales in 2018
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