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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Menelaos Hadjicostis

British man fined without jail in Cyprus after pleading guilty to negligence in son's fatal fall

ADDITION Cyprus British Man Court - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A British man who pleaded guilty in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window is free to return home after a Cyprus court fined him 3,000 euros ($3,380).

Joshua Patric Foster, 38, wept Friday in Paphos District Court as Judge Froso Christodoulidou ruled a prison term was not merited. The charge of negligence carries a maximum prison term of four years imprisonment and a fine of 4,250 euros ($4,788).

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