Midlothian Council was right?

Remember when I blogged about Midlothian Council leaving the lights on in an abandoned school in case an intruder hurt themselves?

As it turns out they were right to do that as this story shows. A pupil who injured himself after breaking into a school was paid £5,700 compensation. The secondary school pupil was swinging on a gate of a primary school when it collapsed. Despite the fact he was trespassing, Leicestershire County Council was forced to compensate him because it could not prove that the gate had been maintained.