In 1996 there was the murder of Yuri Slivinska in Benidorm and between 2006 and 2008 four British men were arrested for the murder.The trial of these four is now underway and it seems that these men could get away with the crime because of the lack of witnesses and also a lack of factual recording on behalf of the police.

It appears that prosecution witnesses from the UK failed to turn up in court and officers involved in the case seem to have forgotten many of the details of the case.One of the only witnesses to testify in court was a female friend of the victim who could only tell the court that Yuri was terrified of something and feared for his life.She was unable to say just who he was afraid of.

Prosecutors in the case are trying to get the statements made by witnesses to be accepted in court as evidence.The defence are demanding that the witnesses appear in court.The witnesses were summoned to appear according to UK law but to date they have not been located.Prosecutors are basing their case on statements made by witnesses who are now under protection.It was these statements which led to the accused men being arrested in 2006.

The prosecution is asking for sentences of 31 years but with only witness statements it might be difficult to make the accusations stick.The mother of the victim still lives in Benidorm.

This case seems,rightly or wrongly ,to revolve around a number of people who are very scared and that could allow some seriously dangerous people to walk away free into society.If these people could be persuaded to give evidence then should these men be innocent then they would still walk away free men.