Ben Leonard died while on a hiking trip in north Wales in 2018
A teenage scout was unlawfully killed when he fell to his death in north Wales, a jury has found.
Ben Leonard, 16, was among a group visiting Llandudno’s Great Orme in August 2018.
An inquest jury in Manchester has concluded an explorer scout leader and his assistant were responsible for the unlawful killing.
They also found neglect on behalf of The Scout Association contributed to the death.
During the seven-week inquest, the jury heard evidence that there had been no written risk assessment carried out for the summer camping trip to the Eryri national park.
The court heard there was also no on-the-day risk assessments carried out for the trip up the Great Orme headland, and no discussion about safety with the Explorer Scouts by their group leader Sean Glaister, or assistant leader Mary Carr.
Ben, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was taking part in a trip to the Eryri national park to camp, with plans to hike up Yr Wyddfa – also known as Snowdon.
However, plans were changed due to the weather, and the scout group were taken to Llandudno in Conwy county borough, to walk up the Orme.
Ben and two other boys had broken away from the main hike and taken their own unsupervised route up the hillside.
He slipped off a narrow cliff edge and fell 200ft (60m), suffering fatal head injuries.
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