Boy, 2, who plunged 40ft from hotel window suffered 'severe' head and organ injuries, inquest hears

An inquest into the death of two-year-old Jaxon Foster has heard that the toddler died from "severe craniocerebral injuries and multiple injuries to the body and vital organs" after falling from a significant height.

The boy fell almost 40 feet from a fourth-floor window at the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Paphos, Cyprus, on July 12.

Essex's senior coroner Lincoln Brookes described the case as "particularly tragic."

He told the hearing: "This two-year-old child was on holiday with his family in Paphos in Cyprus."

The provisional cause of death was attributed to the injuries sustained in the fall.

During his sentencing hearing in Cyprus, the court was told that Joshua Foster had lifted Jaxon onto a windowsill so the boy could see a waterpark below.

The father was unaware that the window was open at the time, an error his legal representative described as a "momentary error" with "fatal consequences."

Brookes told the hearing: "He sadly fell from a window on the fourth floor of the hotel the family were staying at and, sadly, his death was confirmed that same day at the hospital."

The incident occurred while the Essex family were on holiday together in the Cypriot coastal city.

Joshua Foster had entered a guilty plea to causing death by a rash, reckless or dangerous act and avoided a custodial sentence.

He was fined £2,500 at Paphos District Court last month, visibly struggling to hold back tears during the proceedings.

District Judge Froso Christodoulidou noted in her remarks: "The window did not appear to carry markings that would necessarily have alerted the defendant to the fact that one section was open."

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The judge additionally concluded that no evidence existed to suggest Foster had "deliberately exposed the child to danger."

His legal team had previously urged the Cypriot Attorney General to dismiss the case on humanitarian grounds, but the request was rejected.

The full inquest was adjourned by Brookes until 6 January, with the coroner extending his condolences to the bereaved family.

Following the fatal incident, Foster was arrested and held in custody for eight days.

During that period, he was compelled to break the devastating news of Jaxon's death to his young daughter via a FaceTime call.

Despite his legal team's efforts to have the prosecution dropped on compassionate grounds, the Cypriot Attorney General determined that the case should proceed.

The family have previously spoken of their grief.

They said: "Our son was deeply loved and will be forever missed. His loss is something we carry with us every day."