Father blames council after girl, 12, killed ‘by falling branch on rope swing’

Brooke’s family have said she would still be alive if the council had carried out an inspection (Picture: Facebook)

A young girl was killed as she was swinging on a tree branch that should have been removed, an inquest heard.

Brooke Wiggins was fatally wounded by the falling tree branch days before her 13th birthday on November 9 2024 in Banstead, Surrey.

South London Coroner’s Court heard that Surrey County Council, had been due to re-inspect the branch six months earlier but it did not take place.

Acting on behalf of Brooke’s father Lee Wiggins, Christian Weaver said that had the inspection been carried out, any rope swing found on the tree should have been removed, ‘as per policy’.

Brooke’s father told the inque...