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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.
Sky News
15-05-2025
- Sky News
Death of man on Benidorm holiday 'being treated as possible murder', family say
The death of a British man who was found at the bottom of a cliff in Spain is now being treated as a potential murder, according to his family. Nathan Osman, 30, from Pontypridd in South Wales, was on a long weekend break with friends in Benidorm last September. Less than 24 hours after he arrived, his body was found by an off-duty police officer at the bottom of a remote 650ft (200m) cliff on the outskirts of the resort. Lee Evans, Mr Osman's brother, told Sky News: "The prosecutor in Benidorm told us that they 'strongly believe foul play is involved and we are treating it as a potential homicide'." The father-of-four died from head and abdominal injuries after falling from height, a post-mortem examination found. Local police said it was "a tragic accident", but his family believe the investigation into his death has not been adequate. They have pointed to attempts that were made to use his bank cards the day after he died as evidence that others may have been involved. They carried out their own investigation, and built a timeline of events drawn from sources including CCTV and, after presenting their findings to Spanish prosecutors, the case has been reopened, they said. On Monday, the case was raised in the House of Commons by Pontypridd MP, Alex Davies-Jones, who has also met the family to hear their views. They want a law in Mr Osman's name to improve support for British people who lose loved-ones abroad. Mr Evans told Sky News: "We're astonished there's nothing in place like this, no governing body to follow who has been help to us at all in Nathan's case. "We've had to find out blind - to find everything ourselves and we're still learning and have no structural support in place. There's a massive cry for help for families like us." 13:33 Jonathan Osman, Nathan's father, told The UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee on Tuesday his son was "a wonderful soul" and "the closest to perfect you could get". He said his son was "loving, faithful, you could depend on him, he would do anything for others", adding that he was "funny, he never moaned, he was a good worker, he had children to live for... everything was an adventure for him".
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Man's Benidorm death now a murder probe, say family
The death of a man whose body was found while on holiday in Spain is being treated as a potential homicide, according to his Osman, 30, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was found at the foot of a remote cliff on the outskirts of Benidorm less than 24 hours after he arrived on holiday with friends in September family were not satisfied with the initial response by the Spanish police and carried out their own flying to the Spanish resort and presenting their findings to the chief prosecutor, the case has been reopened, they said. Lee Evans, Nathan's brother, said the prosecutor told them "we strongly believe foul play is involved and we are treating it as a potential homicide".He added: "They said they will look at all the evidence and your dossier and we have no reason to believe whatsoever that it was accidental or suicide."Initially, the family said there was no investigation into Nathan's death and the case was closed within hours. Nathan vanished while walking back to his hotel and his body was found by an off-duty police officer on a water bike the next and his sister Alannah found CCTV showing Nathan walking in the direction of his hotel without appearing drunk."He looked fine, he was relaxed," Mr Evans had been talking on a video call with a friend until his phone battery ran out and his family believe he was abducted and robbed because attempts were made to use his bank cards the day after his area where he was found is remote and difficult to reach, they argue, adding he would not have walked MP Alex Davies Jones has supported the family and paid tribute to Nathan in the House of Commons this week in a debate about the support for families of British nationals murdered MP, who is also under secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice, said the Spanish police had "ruled Nathan's death as accidental and closed his case with little investigation or support".She added that she hoped re-opening of the case would "bring closure for the Osman family".Mr Evans said the head prosecutor in Spain "showed compassion, she was literally crying with my sister – she had tears in her eyes".He added that she was frustrated at the fact that he and his sister had to carry out their own investigation, looking at his toxicology report and post-mortem added: "She can take away the thought of it being a suicide or accidental straight away because of the distance where he was found, the remote area and the bank cards being used the following day."She was really compassionate, we feel we can trust her – and she will do everything in her power to keep trying to find justice."
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Death of Brit father who fell 600ft from Benidorm cliff will be reinvestigated by police as family insist there was 'foul play'
The mysterious death of a British father-of-four who fell from a Benidorm cliff last year will be reinvestigated by police as a possible homicide. Detectives previously thought Nathan Osman, 30, had suffered an accident or possibly even taken his own life while on holiday at the tourist hotspot. But his family, who have questioned the Spanish authorities from the start, have always suspected 'foul play' in the tragedy. After a drawn-out battle to get the police report, they probed the circumstances around Osman's death further. His brother Lee Evans helped compile a comprehensive timeline of his movements from the minute he left the UK until the last moment they could find him on the CCTV cameras of local Benidorm businesses. In March, members of the family travelled to Spain and presented their timeline, in both English and Spanish, to the relevant authorities. Meeting with the Policía Nacional, and the head prosecutor and judge on Nathan's case, the family said Osman was not a 'typical Brit going abroad on a lads' holiday.' 'Nathan liked to go and experience different places, and he'd even decided to book on his friends' holiday and join them last minute,' Evans said, according to The Olive Press. 'He drank quite rarely and has never used recreational drugs. His autopsy revealed that there were no drugs in his system,' Hughes said. 'Nathan had four beautiful children and enjoyed life to the fullest. He never imagined that a break in the sun would lead to his death. 'He was just really excited and really looking forward to seeing his friends and having a relaxing holiday.' After a drinking outing with friends on September 27 - the first day of the long weekend break he had spontaneously joined - the tired father-of-four walked back to the hotel alone to sleep. But the next morning, his bed had not been slept in - and an off-duty police officer found his body, at the foot of a remote cliff in Benidorm's outskirts, later that day. Evans has previously said his brother had no reason to do the hour-long walk there, in the opposite direction to his hotel, alone. He instead believes his brother was taken to the cliff, either by taxi or against his will. The last sighting of Osman, according to Evans, was him walking 'very calm and collected' following directions on his phone. He was found a 50-minute walk away from where he was last seen on CCTV. At an inquest into Osman's death in October last year, senior coroner Graeme Hughes heard the man suffered traumatic brain injuries after falling from the cliff. 'If he had gotten lost as the authorities told us he had, Nathan would have asked for directions to guarantee he arrived safely back at his hotel,' Evans noted. 'We know Nathan and recognised from the start that something was wrong. Nathan was extremely streetwise and intelligent,' his sister Alannah Hughes said. 'It wasn't investigated thoroughly, not even a basic investigation was carried out.' The family have travelled to Benidorm and retraced Osman's footsteps to the exact spot where his body was airlifted. They said someone tried to use his bank card at a shop near where his body was found the next morning, while his valuables had disappeared. But police handed back the phone shortly after Osman's parents arrived in Spain. 'With a normal investigation, they should have kept the phone and looked into it,' Evans said. From their own efforts, the family have worked out Osman was on a video call to a friend that night, until his phone died. They said the head prosecutor in the case was receptive to their appeals, and was 'blown away' with the detailed investigation. She said the case will be taken seriously by detectives. The judge and prosecutor have now agreed to reopen the case and to investigate Nathan's death as a potential homicide, with foul play being determined due to the factors raised. 'We've felt abandoned, but we left Benidorm that day knowing that the investigation is wide open and is ongoing,' Evans said. 'We want to be able to tell Nathan's children when they're older that we tried everything in our power to get justice for their dad.' A spokesperson for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office said in March: 'We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.'
