A father who killed his six-year-old son by jumping with him from a hotel balcony in Greece is believed to be on a flight returning to the UK.

The 36-year-old from Bristol, who killed his son Liam after jumping from a Crete hotel balcony with him in his arms in 2006, has been receiving treatment in the Greek capital of Athens since he was cleared last year of murder.

Brian Chandler, the stepfather of Liam's mother Natasha Visser, said he had received reports that Hogan was on a flight to an unknown UK destination, and had been "photographed in Athens airport".

Mr Chandler said he could not comment further until he spoke to Mrs Visser, who now lives in Australia.

Hogan will return to Britain a free man, but is expected to be taken into care at a mental health facility immediately.

The former tiler has spent three years in Greek prisons and psychiatric hospitals since the incident at the Petra Mare Hotel, in Crete, which also saw Hogan's daughter Mia badly injured.

Liam died of head injuries but Hogan and Mia, then two, survived with broken limbs following the plunge on August 15 2006.

His flight home comes two weeks after an Athens court decided he had made an adequate recovery and does not pose a risk to other passengers.