Overview

• Parents testified their 2019 apartment at Atlantica Holiday Village lacked an internal chain or turning bolt, so they stacked prams and suitcases against the door as a precaution.
• The court heard Theo had Smith–Magenis syndrome, was non‑verbal, struggled with sleep, could not swim and used the resort’s splash pad with armbands.
• A holidaymaker reported seeing Theo pushing his buggy alone and, after spotting a nearby woman, assumed the child was supervised before walking on.
• First-aider Adam Holmes checked CPR, searched for the resort defibrillator, found it in the doctor’s surgery and applied pads before a single paramedic arrived.
• Holmes and Theo’s father continued CPR in the ambulance as the lone paramedic drove, oxygen was retrieved during the journey, and the inquest remains ongoing without findings.