Site where boy fatally fell in Glasgow ‘should have been checked for safety’

The inquiry there had been five reported instances of unauthorised access to the site prior to the death of Shea Ryan. Photograph: PA

A senior official on a building site where a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a maintenance hole has acknowledged “we should have checked” it was safe, a fatal accident inquiry heard on Tuesday.

Shea Ryan died on 16 July 2020 when he climbed through an unsecured fence on a building site in Drumchapel, Glasgow, and fell 20ft down a shaft.