Questions remain over dad’s Benidorm death

The household of a father-of-four who died whereas on vacation in Benidorm are flying to Spain to attempt to get solutions about what occurred within the hours earlier than his demise.

The physique of Nathan Osman, 30, was found at the foot of a remote cliff on the outskirts of Benidorm lower than 24 hours after he arrived on vacation with associates in September.

His household mentioned makes an attempt to make use of his financial institution playing cards had been made the day after he died and worry others had been concerned earlier than his demise.

The Spanish authorities have agreed to satisfy with Nathan’s household, who don’t imagine there was an sufficient investigation into what occurred to him.

Nathan’s brother Lee Osman and his sister Alannah are flying to Benidorm on Sunday, to attempt to converse instantly with police concerning the investigation.

“We have been completely deserted,” Lee mentioned. “There’s been zero investigation and we’re preventing for solutions.”

Police in Benidorm haven’t responded to a request to remark.

Nathan, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, had made a final minute choice to hitch his associates on a visit to Benidorm in September 2024.

The devoted dad had arrived on 27 September and after spending time along with his associates, mentioned he would stroll again to his resort on his personal to sleep, as a result of he was drained.

The next morning, his mattress had not been slept in. Later that day, his physique was discovered on the foot of a cliff by an off-duty policeman on a waterbike.

Lee doesn’t imagine Nathan made the journey to the distant location in the other way to his resort on his personal, and mentioned it will take an hour to stroll up there.

He added Nathan had “no cause to be up there”.

“We strongly imagine he was taken up there, whether or not it was by taxi or in opposition to his personal will,” Lee mentioned. “And one thing has occurred for him to be discovered the place he was discovered.”

The household mentioned the day after his demise makes an attempt had been made to make use of Nathan’s financial institution playing cards, however this was not adopted up by the authorities.

Alannah and Lee have additionally been tracing Nathan’s identified actions on the night time. They mentioned he had been on a video name with one in all his associates till his telephone battery ran out.

Finishing up their very own investigations, the household found Nathan on public CCTV on the promenade, the place they mentioned he didn’t seem considerably intoxicated. They’ve discovered different premises with CCTV, however mentioned the house owners wouldn’t go on any recordings and not using a request from the Spanish authorities.

The household mentioned that they had repeatedly tried to learn how the investigation into Nathan’s demise was progressing, however have been met with silence.

They just lately acquired a police file which Alannah mentioned was “empty”, with the case described as closed.

Nathan’s mom Elizabeth mentioned there was “no empathy” from the Spanish police instantly after his demise and claimed they had been “handled like canines”.

Elizabeth mentioned she needed to establish her son by being proven a photograph of a tattoo on his torso.

She mentioned not figuring out how he ended up on the distant location is torturous.

“Our boy deserves solutions and we as a household deserve solutions. Nathan wasn’t a drunkard who’d exit and overlook about all the pieces. Nathan was actually with it,” she mentioned.

“Not figuring out about that final hour or two earlier than his demise, it is consuming us away, day in day trip, from the time we rise up to the time we go to mattress. We stay this nightmare.”

Nathan’s father Jonathan mentioned: “They’ve accomplished nothing, nothing in any respect. It is only a complete disregard for his life in each form of means.”

The household mentioned they wanted to journey to Benidorm due to their frustration and handy police the knowledge they’ve gathered concerning the time between Nathan leaving his associates and the invention of his physique.

The Spanish authorities have agreed to satisfy them and talk about their issues.

Lee mentioned the household is not going to quit in its quest to seek out out what occurred.

“We’ll maintain going and going till we discover out why – and the way he obtained up there,” he mentioned.

A spokesperson for the UK Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement workplace mentioned: “We’re supporting the household of a British man who has died in Spain and are in touch with the native authorities.”