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British Toddler Critical After Rhodes Hotel Pool Incident as Uncle, Travel Manager Charged

Greek prosecutors filed negligence charges following CCTV evidence of the three-year-old alone in the hotel pool.

Overview

  • The child remains in intensive care in critical condition at the PAGNI/University Hospital in Heraklion after an initial transfer from Rhodes Hospital.
  • Local media report neurosurgeons performed a procedure to relieve pressure on the girl's brain following the near-drowning.
  • Police say CCTV shows the child entering the pool unaccompanied around 12:10 p.m., with a sunbather pulling her out about ten minutes later and beginning CPR.
  • A 34-year-old British uncle who was supervising the child and a 54-year-old travel-agency manager were arrested roughly two hours after the incident and charged with grievous bodily harm by negligence.
  • The uncle was due to be questioned by authorities today, according to reporting cited by Greek police and local media.