An inquest has opened into the death of a two-year-old boy who fell from a hotel window in Cyprus.
Jaxon Foster, from Chelmsford, Essex, died of multiple injuries on July 12, a hearing in Chelmsford was told on Friday. Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes said the family had been on holiday in Paphos, Cyprus.
Mr Brookes said: “This two-year-old child was on holiday with his family in Paphos, Cyprus. On July 12 he sadly fell from a window on the fourth floor of the hotel the family was staying at.”
He said Jaxon’s death was confirmed later that day.
A post-mortem examination in Cyprus recorded that he died from severe injuries to his brain, body and vital organs following a reported fall from height.
A second examination, carried out at East London Forensic Centre on November 5 by pathologist Dr Nat Cary, confirmed the same provisional cause of death.
The inquest heard Jaxon’s father, Joshua Foster, was fined 3,000 euros, about £2,500, at Paphos District Court last month after admitting to recklessly causing his son’s death.
The court was previously told the boy fell from the fourth floor of the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on the first day of the family’s holiday.
Foster had placed Jaxon on a windowsill so he could look at the view of a waterpark, the court heard. He did not realise part of the window was open.
In an earlier statement, Jaxon’s family said he would be “forever missed” and asked for privacy as they work to find “a way forward”.
Mr Brookes adjourned the hearing until January 6, and expressed his deepest condolences to family and friends.
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