Neil Speakman said his son Albie’s death was ‘one bit of human error for a split second which has ruined my life’.
In an emotional tribute released after his death, Albie’s mother Leah said she will miss “everything” the “incredibly loving, affectionate and caring boy who just wanted everyone to be happy.”.
The toddler’s mother, Leah Bridge, had dropped off her son at the farm for a regular weekend visit with Speakman who she separated from shortly after Albie’s birth.
Speakman was this month cleared of gross negligence manslaughter over Albie’s death in July 2022, after the toddler had been left to play in an insecure garden area in front of the farmhouse in warm weather.
Giving evidence during the trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Speakman said that “seconds before” the collision he had seen his son sat in the garden playing with the family dogs.
