Mum blames council for five-year-old son’s death from kitchen window

Mum blames council for five-year-old son’s death from kitchen window Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 18, 2026 9:44am Updated August 18, 2026 10:36am Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he landed on railings at the bottom of the residential block in Plaistow, east London (Picture: Getty Images) The mum of a five-year-old boy who fell to his death from their 15th-floor kitchen window told an inquest he still ‘could have been here’ if the council had listened to her. Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he landed on railings at the bottom of the residential block in Plaistow, east London. His body was found by his distraught dad shortly before 6am on May 16, 2024. Aalim’s mother Sahra Osman told Walthamstow Coroner’s Court she was ‘scared’ and ‘horrified’ when Newham Council put