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Coverage dated October 6, 2026

Details heard in trial of British father whose son took fatal fall in Cyprus hotel

Headline from Philadelphia Inquirer

A lawyer says a British man accidentally let his 3-year-old slip from his hands, causing the child to fall to his death from a hotel window in Cyprus

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  1. BBC News

    Dad saw son, 2, fall to death from Cyprus hotel window, court hears (opens BBC News)

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    Joshua Foster placed his son on a sill for the view, believing the window was closed, a court hears.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The lawyer for a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus has appealed to a judge to avoid a prison sentence

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Details heard in trial of British father whose son took fatal fall in Cyprus hotel (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A lawyer says a British man accidentally let his 3-year-old slip from his hands, causing the child to fall to his death from a hotel window in Cyprus

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