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Essex father fined after two-year-old son dies in Cyprus hotel fall
Overview
An Essex father has been fined 3,000 euros (£2,500) after pleading guilty to causing his two-year-old son's death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act. The toddler fell nearly 40 feet from the fourth-floor window of a hotel in Cyprus on 12 July after the father placed him on the windowsill to show him a view of a waterpark.
Key points
- Joshua Foster, 37, from Essex, was sentenced at Paphos District Court in Cyprus.
- He admitted to causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act.
- The incident occurred on 12 July on the first day of the family's holiday at the King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas.
- The two-year-old boy fell nearly 40ft (12.1m) from a fourth-floor window after being placed on the sill to view a waterpark.