Judge DROPS probe into parents after toddler filmed walking along 82ft-high Tenerife ledge ‘while mum was in shower’
A SPANISH judge dropped his probe into a couple whose daughter was filmed walking along the ledge of their fourth-floor flat.
The little girl was seen balancing 82 feet above the ground at the block of flats in Playa Paraiso, Tenerife while her mum was in the shower.
The nationalities of the youngster’s parents were never revealed at the time, although court sources have since said the mum is Finnish.
Today officials confirmed the probe into the January 4 incident at the apartment block in Playa Paraiso, Adeje, Tenerife, had been archived.
A spokesman for the investigating judge said in a statement: “Investigating Court Number One in Arona, Tenerife, has ordered the provisional archiving of the case sparked by the girl filmed walking on a ledge some 82 feet above the ground at an apartment block in Playa Paraiso in Adeje.
“The decision was made after the girl’s parents were interviewed and the court concluded the incident was a one-of accident with no apparent prospect of it being repeated.
“The case had enormous media repercussion because the girl was filmed from another building by a person who posted the images on social media.
After climbing out of a window and walking along the ledge, the child reaches a railing around a balcony and sits down on it.
But rather than climbing over the balcony to safety, the toddler starts to go back the way she came.
The child jumps as she appears to lose her footing and races back along the ridge, before stopping at the window where the footage ends.
The child’s family were reportedly holidaymakers from Finland but it is not known if they have since flown home.
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According to local Antena3 the girl’s mum was thought to have been in the shower when the child walked out onto the ledge.
The management of the building have sent a safety report to the town hall in response to the incident.
One neighbour told said they were surprised “something worse has not happened” while another said “luckily no wind was blowing”.
The judge, Daniel Pedro Alamo Guzman interviewed parents last week.
It was discovered that the dad wasn’t at home during the time of the incident.
Judge Guzman said that the couple offered a sufficient, coherent and detailed explanation of what happened – making it a domestic incident, rather than criminal.