Hotel door not secure, inquest told

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD child drowned in a swimming pool during a family holiday to Greece after being able to unlock the apartment doors, an inquest has heard.

- ROD MINCHIN

Theo Treharne-Jones died after being found in an outdoor pool at Atlantica Holiday Village in Kos in June 2019.

Theo, from Merthyr Tydfil, was on holiday with his parents Richard and Nina, siblings and extended family when he died, South Wales Central Coroner's Court heard.

Nina Treharne told the hearing the family had stayed at the same hotel the previous year, albeit in different apartments, and those had door chains inside the rooms to prevent children leaving.

But this apartment did not have chains fitted to the door, she told the hearing in Pontypridd.

Ms Treharne said Theo had been diagnosed with the neurodevelopmental disorder Smith-Magenis syndrome, which affected his sleep and left him nonverbal.