Voice 'heard counting down' before boy, 5, plunged to his death from 15th floor

Aalim Ahmed, aged five, fell from a kitchen window of his family's 15th floor flat in Plaistow, east London, and died instantly

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 mu

Aalim Ahmed, 5, fell from his 15th-floor flat in Plaistow, east London, and died instantly after his mother raised repeated concerns about faulty window restrictors

Aalim Ahmed fell from his 15th floor flat in Plaistow, east London, and died instantly after his mother says Newham Council ignored her safety concerns

‘You guys could have prevented this tragic thing from happening. If you had done your job, he could have been here’, heartbroken mother tells inquest