Newham council declines comment on safety measures two years after autistic boy's fatal fall

Aalim Ahmed, five, fell from a 15th-floor kitchen window in a Newham council temporary housing flat in May 2024. At the inquest — a formal inquiry into the death — a council property manager said "more restricted features could have been installed." Newham has not confirmed any interim safety steps across its housing stock and declines comment until the inquest concludes on 21 August 2026.