'Difficulty' obtaining information into dad's Benidorm death, coroner says

‘Difficulty’ getting information over dad’s Benidorm death, coroner says

Nathan Osman’s family are still looking for answers more than two years after his death.

A coroner has described the “difficulty” of obtaining information from Spanish authorities about the death of a 30-year-old man in Benidorm.

Nathan Osman’s body was discovered at the bottom of a 200m cliff outside the resort in September 2024, less than 24 hours after he arrived on the island, where he had been on a night out with friends.

At a pre-inquest review in Pontypridd, South Wales Police told the coroner they had asked for information on a “number of occasions” but had not received it.

Osman’s family believe foul play may have been involved and have carried out their own inquiries after saying they were unhappy with the Spanish authorities’ handling of the case.

Toxicology reports found no drugs in Osman’s system.

Area coroner Patricia Morgan said: “When there is a death abroad, it becomes difficult in terms of my legal powers to obtain evidence.

“I need to piece as much evidence from the Spanish authorities as I can find.”

Morgan said her officer would seek information through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

She ordered police to keep requesting information through Interpol and for the family’s Spanish lawyer to pass on any relevant information to her office.

Osman’s family said they had an eight-page document setting out “discrepancies” in the Spanish investigation.

His father Jonathan Osman told the coroner that Spanish police had pursued the “easiest scenarios” in their inquiries.

Morgan instructed South Wales Police to give her any records they had relating to data downloaded from Osman’s phone while it was in their possession after his death.

She told his family: “sometimes families don't get all the answers they want. We have to do the best we can”.

The inquest was adjourned until another pre-inquest review in the spring.