Owen Oyston - Latest breaking news, rumours and gossip - Sports Mole The guests at the event, hosted by Owen Oyston, a close friend of Hall's who had been jailed a decade earlier for rape, were not particularly surprised by his behaviour. "He sat for quite a long time talking to one of the other models, a brunette from Latvia.. Blackpool Football club was sold to Owen Oyston in April 1986 after the board of directors put the club on the market after councillors rejected plans to sell Bloomfield Road for a supermarket site. Blackpool also lifted the LDV in 2002 and 2004. Or is this s touchy subject? Mr Oyston, the 62-year-old chairman of Blackpool Football Club, of Claughton Hall, near Lancaster, denies raping an 18-year-old model at his home in 1989 and raping and indecently assaulting a. High Court judge Mr Justice Marcus Smith repeatedly criticised Oyston for being reluctant to disclose his financial affairs and assets and not meeting payment deadlines. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The court found that Oyston and his son had abused their majority shareholding position at the club in a manner that was detrimental both to the business and Belokon. "I was suddenly scared and horrified Id been put in that situation.. The former Blackpool FC owner, who lost a series of bitter court actions when he owned the club, had been told that his appeal over land at Lytham Moss has failed. Despite an independent examiner recommending the site which Oyston wanted to develop for housing, should be included, the council decided against this. On the pitch, Blackpool were relegated from the Championship and then the season after from League One to League Two. They said they were fine and continued the job. Owen twice asked one model for her mobile number but she didnt give it to him. After Owen Oyston was convicted of rape, I believe a blackpool fan called him "Owen Oyston convicted rapist" on twitter. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The Seasiders are currently in the Sky Bet League One and are tenth in the league table following four defeats in five. Included were the BFC shares, the stadium, and two of the residential properties. Somehow we got through the day and left. She told how she learned the truth only after arriving and spent the night huddled together with other girls in the same situation. In 1987, he sold Oyston's Estate Agents for an estimated 37million to Royal Insurance,[2] just weeks before the stock market crash. We didnt know if hed get angry. Blackpool chairman Owen Oyston was jailed for rape in 1996 Tycoon Owen Oyston became owner of Blackpool FC in May 1988 after selling his chain of family-owned estate agents. New evidence brings early release hope to jailed tycoon The council had decided in 2017 not to include the area in the plan, which will inform future planning applications, and a public referendum vote had been taken. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Whilst he has over seen the club, Oyston has seen five play-off final wins including the famous Championship play-off final in 2010 which saw the Seasiders promoted to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It was obvious he didnt need to be there.. I told him we werent doing it. Nobody knows at the time. The judge said he accepted the accuracy of that statement. Oyston denied having any intercourse with her. Both stepped down from their roles following anti-Oyston protests by fans at the stadium. Sex crime investigator Mark Williams-Thomas, who was at the forefront of exposing Jimmy Saviles offences, said: For Oyston to replicate almost identically the circumstances that surrounded him committing a rape for which he was jailed is unacceptable. The land is shown as an area of countryside in the Fylde Local Plan to 2032. At the time, the council said the plan "meets the basic conditions and its promotion process is compliant with legal and procedural requirements". Six of the cheapest homes on the Blackpool housing market as average price for first-time buyers hits record high, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). I began shooting in one room then Owen walked in and started watching. Owen flitted around the room. Four months after a high-profile police raid on a modelling agency in Manchester nine charges were levelled against Oyston, including four rape charges. Fylde Coast Farms Ltd, had been granted permission to build 550 new homes at Lytham Moss, in December 2016, when the company was known as Oyston Estates Ltd and the latest ruling casts doubts over the future of this scheme. Continue with Recommended Cookies. After the hearing, Lord Sales explained that the law governing planning permissions depends on development plans adopted by local planning authorities. Blackpool to be sold as Owen Oyston ordered to pay 25m to former co r/soccer - Owen Oysten is a filthy convicted rapist. Let's not let [6] Oyston's remaining 18% holding was also bought by Southwestern Bell, for 2.99million, in 1991 (a Statutory Instrument dictated that the remaining 2% holding in Oyston Cable had been vested in Liverpool City Council, on behalf of all the local councils covered by the Oyston franchise areas.[7]). On the morning of the opening game of the season at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest, they had only nine. [21][22][23] He brought the matter up again in the House of Lords in 2003, following his elevation to a peer in 2001. director of photography Film Editing by Donn Cambern Richard A. Harris I will eventually. The model who talked to us, who we agreed not to identify, said the group travelled from London then an Oyston employee drove them from Lancaster train station to the tycoons house. Oyston was the richest man ever jailed in Britain for sex offences worth 40million at the time in 1996. She braved the ordeal of the witness box to help his defence. Football fans from around the UK have raised the 20,000 needed by a Blackpool supporter who was sued by the club's owners for libel. [2], A third trial at Liverpool Crown Court began in April 1996, including both the retrial of an earlier rape case and the trial of the allegations of rape and indecent assault made by a third complainant. It had been launched in April 1987 and had been kept afloat during the 1987 general election campaign thanks to the extension of a loan from the Transport and General Workers Union.
