Boy, 5, who fell to death from 15th-floor window ‘believed he could fly’

Jacobs House tower block where five-year-old Aalim Ahmed fell to his death from the 15th-floor (Picture: Getty Images) A five-year-old boy who fell to his death from a ‘faulty’ 15th-floor kitchen window ‘believed he could fly’ when he jumped out, an inquest heard. Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from the top-fl

An inquest has concluded08:24, 25 Aug 2026A five-year-old boy died after jumping from a 15th-floor tower block window which had become 'compromised'.‌A coroner said Aalim Ahmed, who sadly died instantly, 'opened the window and in a naive belief that he could fly or alternatively could come to no harm, he leapt from the

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy who fell to his death from an allegedly faulty 15th floor kitchen window "believed he could fly", an inquest has heard. Aalim Ahmed died instantly after falling from the residential block in Plaistow, East London. His distraught father Makail Ahmed rushed from the top-floor flat and discovered the y

Five-year-old Aalim Ahmed had a 'naïve belief that he could fly' and jumped from his kitchen window, the inquest was told

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at a residential block in Plaistow, east London