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A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

ABC News - International and The Independent describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall.
The headline split Toronto Star frames it as "A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall". ABC News - International frames it as "A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall".
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Toronto StarNews report · Oct 6, 1:12 PM

A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

A 37-year-old British man, who remains unnamed, arrives at court for sentencing after pleading guilty to negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window during a fami...

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The IndependentNews report · Oct 6, 2:11 PM

British father pleads to be spared jail after son's fatal Cyprus hotel window fall

Josh Foster pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence after his son fell to his death from a hotel window in Cyprus in July

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ABC News - InternationalNews report · Oct 6, 1:22 PM

A British father asks a Cyprus judge to avoid prison after son's fatal hotel fall

The lawyer for a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus has appealed to a judge to avoid a prison sen...

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