Balcony death father returns to UK
A man who killed his six-year-old son by throwing him off a hotel balcony in Greece will return to the UK on Monday and head straight into psychiatric care.
John Hogan, 36, 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 Athens since he was cleared of murder last year.
Hogan's solicitor Kerstin Scheel said on Monday: "Today, Mr John Hogan has left the psychiatric unit in Greece to return to the UK. Upon his return, Mr Hogan will be admitted immediately to a psychiatric hospital for continued care."
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.
