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The Sun
16-05-2025
- The Sun
Chilling final CCTV shows moments before Brit's deadly 500ft Benidorm cliff plunge – as family fear he was murdered
HAUNTING footage shows the moments leading up to a Brit's tragic death after he fell from a 500ft cliff. CCTV captured Nathan Osman's final movements before the horror unfolded in Benidorm last year. 8 8 8 8 The dad-of-four, from Pontypridd, South Wales, was enjoying a lads holiday before his body was discovered at the base of a 500ft drop. Spanish authorities ruled the 30-year-old's death was accidental, or even a possible suicide. But his family have hit out and claim to believe there was foul play involved. His brother and sister found chilling CCTV that forced cops to launch a murder investigation. Footage shows Nathan alone at 4.08am walking along the beach promenade near his hotel. They say he was "looking fine" just hours before the tragedy. The CCTV was suffice to see a judge rule there should be a murder probe into the Brit's death. Nathan's brother Lee Evans, 39, said: "We met the Spanish authorities to discuss the case because we were not happy with the police report and believed there were discrepancies and a lack of investigation." Sister Alannah Hughes also showed police the timeline of Nathan's final movements. The siblings were able to piece the night together using various CCTV, phone records and testimonies from friends. The last known sighting was at 4.08am on the seafront. Nathan's family argue it would have been impossible for their brother to reach the cliff top by foot. They allege he was taken there by a third party. "To walk up that hill would be at least 90 minutes and it is a rural area," added Lee. And, the morning after Nathan died, there were two attempted transactions on his card. "That was at a place nine minutes drive away from the place he was found at the bottom of a 500ft cliff," said Lee. "We believe someone has disposed of his body there. "There's a person or persons who are out there who are responsible for taking him up there and for his death." The family called Nathan's death "completely out of the blue" and explained he was not "your typical Brit abroad". They described him a "very respectable" and "wise", denying he would have gotten himself into any trouble. Lee and Alannah also argued while putting forward their case that Nathan's injuries could have been sustained in an attack before he plunged from the cliff. They highlighted how his phone had been destroyed and his wallet was missing. Lee added: "My way of grieving is to keep pursuing what has really happened because I know my brother would do the same for me and I'm doing it for every other family out there. "We want to say to his kids that we have tried everything out there to get answers." The family have been supported by Labour MP for Pontypridd Alex Davies-Jones. The MP took their case to the House of Commons as well as a private investigator to help them as they deal with this "blind". "We want to be able to help other families," he said. 8 8 8 8
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Daily Mail
'Murdered' British father-of-four's last moments before he was found dead beneath 500ft Benidorm cliff are caught on CCTV - after family turned detective and forced cops to investigate his death
The final moments of a British father-of-four who plunged to his death after falling from a Benidorm cliff were captured on CCTV, after his siblings turned detective and forced Spanish cops to open a murder probe. Devoted father Nathan Osman, 30, was away on a holiday with friends in September last year when he was found dead at the bottom of a 500ft cliff. Spanish authorities ruled Nathan's death was an accident or that he had possibly taken his own life - but his family immediately suspected foul play. His brother and sister turned detective to trawl through CCTV evidence, gather witness statements and access phone and bank records in a bid to force police to reopen the probe. In their search, they managed to find footage of Nathan at 4.08am walking alone along the party resort's promenade 'looking fine' before he was found hours later at the bottom of a cliff. After pleading their case to Spanish prosecutors in March, a judge ruled a homicide investigation should now begin. Nathan's brother Lee Evans, 39, said: 'We met the Spanish authorities to discuss the case because we were not happy with the police report and believed there were discrepancies and a lack of investigation.' Lee and sister Alannah Hughes played police a timeline they had established using CCTV from local businesses and records from Nathan's phone including a FaceTime call to his friends where he suggested to them he was lost. Lee said the last sighting of Nathan, of Pontypridd, South Wales, was at 4.08am at the bottom of the promenade and it would have been impossible for him get to the cliff from where he fell by foot. He said: 'There is one road up so we believe he must have been taken. It is inaccessible by foot. 'To walk up that hill would be at least 90 minutes and it is a rural area.' Lee said what aroused the family's suspicions further was that they later learned two attempted purchases had been made on Nathan's bank card, the morning after he had died. Lee said: 'That was at a place nine minutes drive away from the place he was found at the bottom of a 500ft cliff. 'We believe someone has disposed of his body there. 'There's a person or persons who are out there who are responsible for taking him up there and for his death.' Lee, who runs his own dog walking business in Cardiff, said they had to show Spanish police that Nathan was 'not just a number.' 'He wasn't your typical Brit abroad,' he said. 'He didn't get rowdy. He was wise, he was 30-years-old with four kids and very respectable. That's why this was completely out of the blue.' With the help of an interpreter Lee and Alannah presented their dossier of evidence to police, prosecutors and a judge and they hope to hear progress in the coming weeks. Amongst their evidence was their suspicion that Nathan's injuries pointed to an attack before his fall and that his phone had been smashed and wallet was missing. He said they believed injuries had been caused 'by an altercation at some point' and not just by the fall. They also played the judge a compilation video of Nathan playing with his four children to show he was a loving and caring father. Lee added: 'My way of grieving is to keep pursuing what has really happened because I know my brother would do the same for me and I'm doing it for every other family out there. 'We want to say to his kids that we have tried everything out there to get answers.' The family have been supported by Labour MP for Pontypridd Alex Davies-Jones who this week raised their case in the House of Commons as well as a private investigator. But he said the family have had to 'do this blind' as there was no blueprint for carrying out their own investigation involving a death abroad. 'We want to be able to help other families,' he said.
