BRITISH MAN AND SON IN COURT ACCUSED OF MURDER

A British man and his son who are standing trial for murder could face 17 years in jail if found guilty. That is the sentence proposed by the prosecution for the two men, who are accused of having robbed and killed a fellow Briton whose body was found at the bottom of a well near Álora two years ago. The case started in June 2005 when the victim, a builder known as Alfie, sacked the younger man because of a disagreement over money. This caused bad feeling between them, and they are said to have had a fight a few days later, in which Alfie was injured but didn't report the matter to the police. The young man is then reported to have told a friend that he hated his former employer so much that he planned to tie him up, kill him and throw his body down a well and then run off with all his money because he knew the PIN number of his credit card. According to the prosecution, on July 11th, the father and son engineered a meeting with Alfie in Cártama and pretended to have a business proposal for him. The three men then went off together, and the two hit him on the head so violently that he died almost instantly. They are then alleged to have tied his hands together, tied his body to a concrete block, and thrown him down a well at Arroyo de Pedro la Torre, in Álora. They are also accused of stealing 2,000 Pounds and 100 euros which their victim had been carrying, and stealing a total of 3,380 euros from his credit card. As well as the prison sentences, the prosecution is also asking that the two men be ordered to pay 180,000 euros in compensation to the victim's family.