Man admits to causing toddler son's death in Cyprus hotel fall
A British man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son in Cyprus. A Paphos court heard that the child fell from a hotel window while being held by his father.
First reported 33 minutes ago · latest update 5 minutes ago
The man was allowed to return to the UK for his child's funeral, on condition that he flew back to Cyprus last week in order for the plea hearing to take place.
His lawyer, Alexandros Alexandrou, said he would ask the court to lift travel restrictions so that his client can return to the UK to be with his wife and daughter until the next hearing.
Paphos district court was told in July that the boy fell through an open window when his father was holding him around his waist and swinging him from side to side.
The father decided to plead guilty to avoid a long trial and spare his family reliving the child's death in court, Alexandrou said.
A long trial would mean that the man was "again a victim of this tragedy", the lawyer told the Associated Press after Tuesday's hearing.
"The most important thing for him is to return to his family," he said.
The maximum sentence for the charge was four years in prison, but Alexandrou said the court should take previous cases into account where defendants had been fined or received a suspended sentence.
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Man admits causing the death of his son in hotel fall
The two-year-old boy fell from the window of a hotel in Cyprus in July, a Paphos court hears.
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Paphos court heard the boy fell through an open window when his father was holding him around his waist and swinging him from side to side
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