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

Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London, where Aalim Ahmed died after falling from the 15th floor in May 2024. Photograph: PA/Alamy

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.