Ben Leonard, from Stockport, died from head injuries after slipping at the Great Orme, in Llandudno, during the trip in August 2018.
In a prevention of future deaths report, following an inquest into Ben’s death, assistant coroner for North Wales David Pojur warns that “the lives of young people are being put at risk by The Scout Association's failure to recognise the inadequacies of its operational practice and the part this has played in the death of Ben”.
A jury at an inquest in Manchester this month, which was presided over by Pojur, found Ben had been unlawfully killed by the scout leader and assistant scout leader on the trip and this had been contributed to by neglect by the Scout Association.
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