Exclusive: safety experts and a coroner made the request after a death in 1992, 30 years before Ukrainian refugee Albina Yevko died

Repeated calls 30 years ago from a coroner and safety experts for railings to be installed on a sea wall in Devon after a teenager lost his life were ignored, it has emerged, after the death last year of a young Ukrainian refugee in similar circumstances.

Documents seen by the Guardian reveal that local authorities committed to painting a white line and installing warning signs – none of which remain today – after Brendon Burnage fell to his death at the age of 17 from Dawlish sea wall in Devon in 1992.

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