The prosecution at Manchester Minshull Street said the area was insecure so Albie was free to wander into the yard where his father was working, and argued that the Kramer telehandler had various defects.
Albie Speakman suffered catastrophic injuries after Neil Speakman, 39, reversed a telehandler vehicle into him in Bury, Greater Manchester, on July 16 2022.
The collision happened in a yard next to a small garden area at the front of the farmhouse in Bentley Hall Road, Walshaw, where the defendant had left Albie to play.
Farmer cleared of manslaughter over death of three-year-old son A farmer has been cleared of the manslaughter of his three-year-old son.
“If I thought Albie was even an inch into that yard I would never have moved that vehicle.
