London flat where boy fell to death could have had more safeguards, inquest told

Aalim Ahmed, five, fell from 15th-floor window at tower block family had asked to be moved out of, court hears

An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a 15th-floor window has heard that more measures could have been taken to make it safer.

Aalim Ahmed, who was autistic, died when he fell from a kitchen window at a residential block in Plaistow, east London. His father, Makail Ahmed, rushed from the top floor temporary social housing flat and discovered his body shortly before 6am on 16 May 2024.