British man and his son,are to go on trial at the end of this month

British man and his son,are to go on trial at the end of this month on charges that they murdered an expat, whose body was found at the bottom of a well on the outskirts of Álora. Each of the men faces a 14-year prison sentence if found guilty.
The body of Lee ‘Alfie’ H.W., 37, was discovered inside the well on July 18, 2005, eight days after his disappearance had been reported to police. The corpse exhibited a head injury and indications that the victim’s hands had been tied.
According to the prosecutor’s case summary, the victim, who ran a tile-laying crew, fired Jason C.B. in mid-June 2005 after a dispute over an unpaid debt. A couple of days later the two had a fight in which the victim was injured. Several weeks later, according to the prosecutor, Jason C.B. and his father, Edward C.B., met with the victim in Cártama under the pretence of discussing a potential job, but instead took him to an isolated location and struck a fatal blow to his head with a blunt object. They then tied his hands and strapped a block of concrete to the body before throwing it down the well, located in the Arroyo Pedro la Torre area of Álora.
Several months later the British father and son were arrested, one of them picked up by police in England and the other in an unspecified Guadalhorce Valley town.
The prosecutor also accuses the men of robbery, saying they took 2,000 pounds and 100 euros off the victim, as well as his bankcard, which they allegedly used several times. The jury trial is scheduled to begin on March 31.

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