An MSP has demanded answers over security at a building site after a 10-year-old boy died.
Tragic Shea Ryan fell down a water-filled hole just yards from his house on Thursday night.
The schoolboy was rushed to hospital by ambulance but died shortly after he arrived.
SNP MSP Bill Kidd said that, following the tragedy, questions had to be raised over the location’s security.
He also said that those hired to manage it should “take responsibility for the failure” after residents revealed children had been playing on the site in Glasgow’s Drumchapel housing estate for weeks.
Prime Secure has been contracted to guard the area.
The firm is run by brothers Robert and Barry Dempster, who have links to Scotland’s criminal underworld. Their dad is notorious crime figure Bobby “The Devil” Dempster.
All three men had their licences to work in the industry revoked by watchdogs. The Security Industry Association acted on police intelligence – but a sheriff overturned the decision in 2016 when the force refused to reveal their sources or provide more information.
Boxing fans Robert, 42, and Barry, 39, are also associates of crime clan member Robert Daniel, who survived a gun attempt on his life outside his home in 2017.
Prime Secure signs are erected around the site near Kinfauns Drive, which is part of a £5million drainage project to help combat flooding, with engineers also planning to realign Garscadden burn.
Health and safety chiefs have launched an investigation into the incident at the Scottish Water-owned site.
Kidd said that, due to the dangers, safety must be the “best it possibly can be”. He added that, at the Drumchapel site, the security “just hasn’t provided enough certainty”.
He said: “Any time anything like this happens, it’s a terrible tragedy for the child’s family, their friends and the whole community.
“We have to ensure that building site security is the best it possibly can be. Not just during the day when they are working but, in particular, in the evenings and overnight.
“It isn’t just to stop people from stealing things but for the security of the local community, which is the most important element.
“It’s everybody’s responsibility but it’s mostly the responsibility of those who are developing the site and those they have hired for security. In this instance, that security just hasn’t provided enough certainty.
“The trust of the community has been damaged. People are so upset and in shock. There are questions that have to be asked.
“When a young life has been lost tragically and a family are going to be affected by this for the rest of their lives, you have to ask why this was able to happen and ask how we can ensure this never happens again.
“No one has done this on purpose but the truth of the matter is people have to take responsibility for the failure of the security of the site in this instance.
“When you are talking about children, they don’t have an idea of how dangerous things can be. It’s all excitement and fun and looking for an adventure. But it’s up to the adults to make sure those adventures are kept as safe as possible and make sure children can’t access areas where there are deep holes and machinery.”
Prime Secure’s website tells visitors it has 500 sites across the UK and has the nation’s largest CCTV fleet.
It describes itself as a “family-run business with customer care to the fore”.
The website also says its “people” and “systems” protect more than £1billion of assets.
Barry Dempster has been linked to 11 dissolved companies, including other security firms, property companies, a garage and a tanning salon.
Former police officers have been hired by the Dempsters to work as consultants in their businesses, including Prime Secure.
The family has been involved in a feud with security rival Lewis “Scooby” Rodden, who was shot in Amsterdam after travelling there to watch Celtic play Ajax in 2001.
Bobby Dempster, who was one of Glasgow’s most feared gangland figures for decades, was a suspect in the shooting. Rodden attacked him outside Celtic Park in 2008.
Last night, Shea’s family were too upset to speak.
Floral tributes continued to be laid at the accident site by locals yesterday.
A spokesman for Scottish Water said: “An incident occurred at a construction site in Drumchapel on Thursday night, which tragically resulted in a young boy losing his life.
“Together with the other agencies working on the site, we are assisting Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) with their investigations. All of our thoughts are with the boy who has lost his life, his family and friends.”
HSE said: “We are aware of the incident and assisting police with their inquiries.”
The Sunday Mail contacted Prime Secure and their sister company Prime Secure Systems Limited for comment. They did not respond.
Construction company RJ McLeod, which is carrying out work on the site, also did not respond to the Sunday Mail’s request for comment.
