Brit dad told he ‘MUST return to Cyprus or be arrested’ after son, two, plunged to his death at hotel

A BRIT dad accused of “recklessly” causing the death of his toddler in Cyprus has been told he must fly back to the holiday hotspot or face arrest.

The two-year-old boy died at a luxury Cyprus hotel after allegedly and falling 33ft to the veranda below.

The father was allowed to return to the UK to attend the tot’s funeral after posting £27,000 bail.

More than 100 mourners attended the service two weeks ago.

But he had been given until September 14 to return to the Mediterranean island.

One well-placed official told The Sun: “If he fails to return to Cyprus, a European arrest warrant will be issued and he will be seized.”

“There is an extradition treaty between Cyprus and the UK and the law is very clear.”

of the charge of causing death “by a rash, reckless or dangerous act” after placing his son on the windowsill before the tragedy occurred on July.

The boy fell through the open pane sustaining severe cranial injuries when he landed 33ft on the veranda below on the first day of the family holiday at the five star King Evelthon hotel in Paphos.

The dad told he thought the window was closed when he decided to put his son there as he and the boy’s grandfather waited for the lift to arrive.

“That a father who has lost his son is being treated like a criminal is absurd,” a top level judicial source in Cyprus told the Sun.

“The focus from the start should have been on the window and whether, in a hotel corridor leading to the lift, it was right it was open.”

The distraught Brit was arrested at the resort and remanded for eight days in custody before he was charged.

He broke down uncontrollably in court as he appealed for leave to be granted to attend his son’s funeral.

With a trial set for Thursday in Paphos, the Essex-born man made a dramatic plea last week to the island’s Attorney General, George Savvides, to have the criminal charges dropped on humanitarian grounds.

The Brit’s Nicosia-based lawyer Alexandros Alexandou said: “We have asked the Attorney General to discontinue this prosecution on public interest and humanitarian grounds.

“In these exceptional circumstances, we do not believe a continued criminal process serves the public interest.

“The family has already suffered an unimaginable loss, and the focus now should be on their welfare and recovery’.”

As the former Brit colony’s top legal authority, it lies “completely within the discretion” of Savvides to drop the case or ensure it goes ahead.

Once made, his decision cannot be overturned.

“Everything rests on his decision,” said the source. “This is a tragedy from beginning to end.”