CIARAN’S family have warned another tragedy could happen again due to the state of Craigton cemetery.

Speaking during the inquiry, all three witnesses - mum Stephanie, dad Ryan and stepdad Thomas - said they were certain Ciaran would not have gone into the graveyard had there not been a large hole in the wall close to Moss Heights, where he lived.

The primary school pupil and his three friends are understood to have scrambled through the hole to get into the graveyard.

Stephanie said local residents had told her after Ciaran’s death they had been complaining to the council for up to eight years about the hole in the wall, most recently just weeks before the tragedy.

It was repaired days after the youngster died.

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Stephanie said: “ I think with the state of Craigton Cemetery this will happen again. There are tombstones, some are bigger than me.

“You have trees growing through them and and through the walls.

“You have some lying on top of each other and it doesn’t look like its been looked after.”

Dad Ryan added: “If that wasn’t there he would not have been in the graveyard.”

“He was climbing through a hole and on a tree.

“He knew if he wasn’t allowed somewhere he wouldn’t go there.”

The nearest other entrance to the cemetery was through a gate around 10 minutes away from Ciaran’s home, in an area the youngster knew he wasn’t allowed to visit.

His family are adamant he would have never been in the graveyard if the hole had been repaired.

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In a joint minute lodged during the inquiry yesterday, the court heard that Health and Safety Executive inspectors had investigated whether there was a breach of responsibility by Glasgow City Council following the tragedy.

They recommended that no prosecution should proceed against the local authority.