Briton to petition Cyprus court to let him attend funeral of his son who fell from hotel window

The lawyer for a British man charged with negligence in the falling death of his 3-year-old son at a Cyprus hotel says he’ll petition the court to temporarily lift restrictions on his client’s movements so he can join his family for the boy’s funeral b...ByMENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated PressPAPHOS, Cyprus -- The lawyer for a British man charged with negligence in the falling death of his 3-year-old son at a Cyprus hotel said Friday he’ll petition the court to temporarily lift restrictions on his client’s movements so he can join his family for the boy’s funeral back in the U.K.Lawyer Alexandros Alexandrou said he’ll file the petition next week and the date of the funeral will be set after the court renders its decision by Aug. 7.The 37-year-old man and his family were reportedly a few of days into their vacation at Cyprus’ southwestern resort town of Paphos earlier this month when the boy fell from the hotel’s fourth-floor window.The circumstances of the fall remain unclear.The defendant was arrested and charged but a court released him from detention on condition that he surrender his passport, check in weekly at a police station and post a 20,000-euro ($23,015) bond.“Clearly th...