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Georgia Bates

Father should never have gone to court over death of son in Cyprus, says lawyer

Joshua Foster arriving at Paphos District Court in Cyprus, for a sentencing hearing, after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son who fell from a hotel window in Cyprus in July. Picture date: Friday October 16, 2026. - (PA Wire)

The case of a British man who admitted recklessly causing the death of his son after the boy fell nearly 40ft from the fourth floor window of a hotel in Cyprus should have “never gone to court”, his lawyer has said.

Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he lifted the boy to show him the view of a waterpark and “lost control” of him, a court previously heard.

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