Custody clock runs out for British father in Paphos hotel death case

Local accidentPaphosTop News Custody clock runs out for British father in Paphos hotel death case Relevant News Custody clock runs out for British father in Paphos hotel death case 21 July 2026 Guterres visit may settle fate of five-party Cyprus talks 21 July 2026 Police investigating video showing minor with disability urged to expose himself 21 July 2026 Dora Christodoulou 21 July 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber The eight-day detention order for a 37-year-old British father held over his three-year-old son’s fatal fall at a Paphos hotel expires today. Police have sent the case file back to the Law Office of the Republic for instructions on further steps. Police arrested the father a few hours after the incident on charges of inadequate supervision of a minor, saying he had responsibility for supervising the child at the time. Police say the boy fell while playing with his father in a fourth-floor corridor, where the family’s room was located, as they waited for the lift to take them to the restaurant. The boy slipped from his father’s hands in what police described as a rare moment of misfortune and fell through an open window in front of them. An ambulance was called from Paphos General Hospital, but paramedics found the child was not responding when they arrived. Doctors on duty at Paphos General Hospital, where he was taken, pronounced him dead. CID Paphos officers went to the scene and opened an investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. The incident happened on the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, at a hotel in the coastal area of Chlorakas, where the British family had arrived on holiday only hours earlier. Read more: “Why don’t they release this man?” asks lawyer in Chlorakas boy’s death case Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Guterres visit may settle fate of five-party Cyprus talks Police investigating video showing minor with disability urged to expose himself Former DIKO MP Nikos Kleanthous dies at 78 Police-backed sweep clears caravans from Larnaca beach seized by motorhomes (videos) Courts to decide on Pernera hotel takeover after former owner’s legal challenge Fuel station owners to march on Presidential Palace No criminal offence found in Videogate, but hunt continues for who ordered it Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.