Scout Association referred to police after unlawful killing of boy on hiking trip
by Pat Hurst
Feb 22, 2024
3 minutes
The Scout Association faces investigation by the police over the unlawful killing of a teenager while on a hike in north Wales
Ben Leonard, 16, suffered a serious head injury when he fell about 200ft at Great Orme in Llandudno while on a trip with the Reddish Explorer Scouts from Stockport on August 26 2018.
Ben and two friends took a different path from other Scouts, unsupervised by any Scout leaders, who had “lost” the trio on the Orme. He ended up on
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