THE Scout Association could face a police investigation following the death of a teen boy who plunged 200ft from a cliff while on a trip.
Ben Leonard, 16, was on the expedition in North Wales in August 2018 when the horror unfolded.
The group had set off from Stockport to complete a hike up Snowdon but their plans were abandoned due to bad weather.
They instead planned to walk the Great Orme but Ben and two pals became separated from the rest of their group.
An inquest into the boy's death has heard the trio were unsupervised at the time by any Reddish Scout leaders.
A coroner has now referred the Scout Association and one of its employees to North Wales Police for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
This is in relation to a first inquest in 2020 that was abandoned for unrelated legal reasons.
It comes after an inquest jury found Ben was unlawfully killed and that a Scout leader and his assistant were responsible for his death.
They also found neglect on behalf of the Scout Association contributed to his death.
Ben was attempting to traverse a wet cliff edge "about 30 to 40 metres away" from his pals when he slipped.
Tragically, there was no suitably qualified first aider on the expedition and the teen later died from massive head injuries.
The Scout Association previously publicly apologised for the first time and accepted responsibility for Ben's death.
But the teen's mum Jackie Leonard said: "It's five-and-a-half years too late. That's all we wanted from the beginning."
The inquest was told no written risk assessment was carried out for the trip.
There was also no on-the-day risk assessments carried out for the trip up and no discussion about safety with the Explorer Scouts by their group leader Sean Glaister or assistant leader Mary Carr.
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