Father fined €3,000 after son’s fatal hotel fall in Cyprus

Joshua Foster was fined €3,000 by Paphos District Court after pleading guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son, who fell from a hotel window in Cyprus. The court imposed no prison sentence. The boy fell from a fourth-floor window at the King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas on July 12, during the family’s holiday. He was taken to Paphos General Hospital and pronounced dead despite efforts to resuscitate him. Court accounts said Foster placed his son on the windowsill while showing him the view of a waterpark. Foster believed the window was closed or protected, the court was told. In a statement to police, Foster said the child fell before he could grab him. Foster, 37, pleaded guilty to causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act. He was sentenced on Friday at Paphos District Court. His lawyer, Alexandros Alexandrou, told the court that Foster had no previous convictions and was remorseful. The lawyer also said there was no evidence Foster was drunk. The court heard that a blood test was used to estimate Foster’s alcohol concentration at the time of the incident as 124mg. The prosecution did not make alcohol a significant part of the case. The estimate...