LSCBs (Local safeguarding Children Boards) were established in every local authority from April 2006 to replace the previous non- statutory bodies. They work to ensure that local organisations cooperate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and that the work carried out is effective.

One such board gives this as information for parents ...

"Parents who leave their children unsupervised could be prosecuted for wilful neglect. They could also become subject to a child protection enquiry by the police and social services if their children suffer harm or injury. Neglect is when a parent or carer fails to meet a child's basic needs, including proper supervision."

I have maintained throughout that the abscence of proper supervision in this instance was as "wilful" as it was unnecessary, given the number of adults in the party and the availability of baby sitting services.
The door was left open and, has been pointed out, those steps in the dark, could be lethal for a disorientated child waking in a strange environment and going in search of her "carers".

However this was not just one final meal in a restaurant but a pattern of night time drinking in a bar, at least one other holidaymaker reports hearing a child crying in the apartment for over an hour on a previous evening.

Save your sympathy for this child please.