Boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ tower block window

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

A five-year-old boy died after jumping from a 15th-floor tower block window which had become “compromised”, a coroner said.

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at a residential block in Plaistow, east London.