Repeated calls 30 years ago from a coroner and safety experts for railings to be installed on a sea wall in Devon after a teenager lost his life were ignored, it has emerged, after the death last year of a young Ukrainian refugee in similar circumstances.
Documents seen by the Guardian reveal that local authorities committed to painting a white line and installing warning signs – none of which remain today – after Brendon Burnage fell to his death at the age of 17 from Dawlish sea wall in Devon in 1992.
