British guitarist Samuel Gary Owensincluding the group of heavy metal
More precisely, 5,214,124.30 euros. The reason? Having spent “25 years, one month and four days indicted”
Torbjorn Largaas HeiaMusic promoter from the Costa del Sol, of Norwegian nationality. It is for this reason that justice opened an investigation in 1992, after receiving a complaint from the businessman’s girlfriend. Among those charged, Owens appeared.
On July 8, 1992, several bone remains were discovered inside an abandoned well, located in the area of Puerto de Cabopino (Marbella).
More than 15 years later, all free, Owens was extradited to Spain and sent back to prison on November 13, 2009. Specifically, he was interned at the Soto del Real Penitentiary Center.
In its complaint, the defense of the retired musician, led by the Valencian lawyer Víctor Soriano i Piqueras, accuses that “the object of the criminal investigation [contra su cliente] “These were very serious events, the death of Mr. Torbjorn, and could be classified as murder.”
The Ministry of Justice had already denied it in 2017. It was that year that the processing of the financial liability case began, unfavorable to Owens’ interests.
On the advice of his previous lawyer, different from the current one, the musician filed a contentious-administrative appeal before the National Audience (AN) against this decision. And again, it was rejected in 2019.
However, as indicated in the complaint addressed to the ECtHR, the AN court effectively qualified while excluding the possibility that there was any abnormal functioning of the Administration of Justice, which would have deserved compensation.
The group AIIZ It was a group of heavy metal English founded in 1979 in Manchester (England) by Gary Owens, who was a guitarist. The original line-up also consisted of his brother David Owens (vocals), Cam Campbell (bass) and Karl Reti (drums).
The group’s trip was brief but intense. It disbanded in 1982. But before that, in barely three years of existence, the group A II Z established itself as one of the precursors of the new wave of the movement. heavy metal British.
