Parents released without charge after toddler’s fatal fall in Engomi
The parents of a three-year-old boy who died after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Engomi were released without charge on Friday.
Engomi, Cyprus. The parents of a three-year-old boy who died after falling from the balcony of their apartment in Engomi were released without charge on Friday.
The attorney-general decided not to prosecute the 33-year-old mother and 32-year-old father, who had been arrested in connection with their son’s death, Sigma reported.
Fatal fall
The boy fell approximately 20 metres from the balcony of the family’s sixth-floor apartment in Engomi, Nicosia, last Saturday.
He was taken to Nicosia general hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination later found that he died from a head injury.
Investigation
The parents were arrested on suspicion of causing death by negligence and were remanded in police custody for five days on Sunday.
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