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0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A British man is due to be sentenced for causing the death of his two-year-old son, who fell from a fourth floor window of a hotel in Cyprus during a family holiday.
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who → sentence → holiday
Joshua Foster had placed the toddler on a windowsill to show him the view of a waterpark, not realising the window was open, Paphos District Court previously heard.
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Court → place → waterpark
The 37-year-old from Essex pleaded guilty to causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act and will be sentenced at the same court on Friday.
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old → plead → Friday
It was previously heard that Foster thought there was protective glass and the window was shut when he “lost control” of his young son.
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he → hear → son
Foster, his wife, two children, and in-laws had arrived at the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas in the early hours of July 12.
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Foster → arrive → July
After spending the day carrying out activities, the family returned to their rooms to get ready to go out for dinner.
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family → spend → dinner
Foster, his father-in-law and son left their rooms and walked towards the elevator at around 6pm.
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Foster → leave → pm
As they approached the lift, the boy noticed a waterpark outside, Foster’s lawyer Alexandros Alexandrou told an earlier hearing.
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lawyer → approach → hearing
Foster pushed the elevator button, placed the child on the windowsill, the boy looked out, and the “inconceivable” happened before Foster had a chance to react, the court was told.
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court → push → chance
Prosecutor Chryso Pergandi said that at around 6.40pm on July 12, police received reports that a child had fallen from the fourth floor of the beachfront hotel in unknown circumstances.
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child → say → circumstances
The boy was taken to Paphos General Hospital where, despite efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead.
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he → take → him
Foster’s father-in-law said the defendant had picked up his son and placed him on the window to “see the view” before he fell, it was heard.
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it → say → view
Foster gave a voluntary statement to police and said his son “fell before he had a chance to grab him”.
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he → give → him
Mr Alexandrou said the moment will “haunt him for the rest of his life”, adding: “We’re allowed, even when we’re happy, to lose our concentration.
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we → say → concentration
And in that moment he was happy, he held his child.”
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he → hold → child
The court heard the window was 2.85 metres (9.3ft) wide and 1.2 metres (3.9ft) high.
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window → hear → ?
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