A British man, Joshua Foster, avoided jail and was fined 3,000 euro (£2,500) in Cyprus after his two-year-old son fell nearly 40ft to his death from a fourth-floor window of the King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas. Foster, 37, an auditor, pleaded guilty to causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act. He said he believed the window was closed, so he placed the boy on a sill to show him a waterpark, then “lost control” of him. The incident happened on July 12, the first day of the family’s holiday, and Foster’s blood alcohol was estimated at 124mg about six hours earlier, though his lawyer said alcohol was not a significant part of the case. Foster has no previous convictions and was held in custody for eight days after the incident.
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A 37-year-old British father, Joshua Foster, was fined 3,000 euro (£2,500) at Paphos District Court in Cyprus after his two-year-old son fell nearly 40 feet to his death from a fourth-floor hotel window on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday. Foster had pleaded guilty to causing death through a reckless act. The court heard he thought the window was closed when he placed the boy on the sill to show him a waterpark, and that he lost control of him. The window measured 2.85 metres wide and 1.2 metres high. Foster has no previous convictions and was held in custody for eight days after the incident.
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Joshua Foster, 37, pleaded guilty at Paphos District Court on Friday, October 16, to causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act and was fined 3,000 euro. His two-year-old son fell from the fourth-floor window of the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas, Cyprus, on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday, after Foster placed him on a windowsill to look at a waterpark without realising the window was open. Foster's blood alcohol was estimated at 124mg about six hours before the incident, but his lawyer said there was no testimony that he was drunk. The court heard that Foster has no previous convictions and was held in custody for eight days after the incident. The window was 2.85 metres wide and 1.2 metres high.
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Joshua Foster, 37, was fined 3,000 euros (£2,500) at Paphos District Court after pleading guilty to causing his two-year-old son's death through a reckless act. The boy fell from the fourth floor of the King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday, after Foster placed him on a windowsill to see a waterpark and did not realise a section of the window was open. Blood tests estimated Foster's alcohol concentration at 124mg about six hours before the incident, though his lawyer said there was no testimony that he was drunk. The court heard Foster has no previous convictions and had been held in custody for eight days after the incident. The window measured 2.85 metres wide and 1.2 metres high.
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Joshua Foster, a 37-year-old British man, admitted recklessly causing the death of his son, who fell nearly 40ft from a fourth-floor hotel window in Cyprus, and was fined 3,000 euros by a court in Paphos. The judge called his lifting of the boy towards the window a “momentary error” and found no evidence he deliberately exposed the child to danger, noting the window showed no clear sign that one section was open. His lawyer, Alexandros Alexandrou, said the case should never have gone to court and that the three-month wait cost his client time to grieve with his family. The boy fell on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday, at the King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas.
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