THE FAMILY of a schoolboy crushed by a falling gravestone have spoken of their anger as a fatal accident inquiry into his death ended.

The inquiry into the death of Ciaran Williamson on May 26, 2015, heard its final submissions today at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

The eight-year-old was playing with friends in Craigton Cemetery when the 7ft tall Ross Memorial fell on him, killing him instantly.

During yesterday’s final submissions before Sheriff Linda Ruxton, Procurator Fiscal depute Gail Adair said that the council's "limited" programme of inspection in graveyards was "inadequate for protecting employees and members of the public."

However she added that it was not possible to say whether the memorial would have passed or failed an inspection if it had been tested before Ciaran's accident.

Ms Adair said the Crown was not seeking any findings in relation to precautions which could have been taken, any defects in the system of working which contributed to the death.

Glasgow City Council’s lawyer, Mark Stewart QC, also said he was not seeking any findings in these areas and agreed that a result of any inspection of the stone could not be predicted.

He also said that a previous incident in 2010 where another boy was injured by a stone in the same cemetery should not be taken into consideration in Ciaran's inquiry.

However lawyers representing both Ciaran’s dad Ryan Williamson, and mum Stephanie Griffin disagreed.

Dorothy Bain QC, representing Ms Griffin said: "Glasgow City Council had undertaken no risk assessment and had no memorial safety management strategy for Craigton.

"Applying industry guidance…the memorial would have been risk assessed as presenting a high level of risk... [it] would not have passed a visual inspection and specialist assessment would have concluded that it was unsafe to leave."

Ciaran’s grandmother Margaret Aitken said she was “disgusted” at the suggestion nothing else could have been done to prevent Ciaran’s death.

Speaking after the hearing, she said: “I was disgusted with what I heard. If there had been inspections like the guidance says, then that stone would have been flagged up and Ciaran would still be here.

“I’m shocked that the council argue that the previous accident in 2010 shouldn’t be taken into consideration either, given that it was so close to where Ciaran died.

“We all just want to make sure this never happens again, and find out exactly why Ciaran died.

"I hope that changes are made to make sure no other child is killed like this."

A council spokesman said: “This is an important fact-finding inquiry and the Council continues to do everything it can to assist the court. It would be inappropriate to comment further while the FAI is ongoing.”