As long ago as the 1960s . The Louche Life of Owen Oyston - Owner of Blackpool Football Club from 1988 until 2019 Convicted paedophile Stuart Hall with 'Coronation Street' actor William Roache (nicknamed 'Cock Roache' for boasting about having slept with over 1,000 women and being involved in bizarre Druid rituals), convicted rapist Owen Oyston and four women. [8] His ambitions of a new stadium for the club made headlines throughout much of the 1990s. Mr Oyston, who is the focus of a continuing campaign by fans wanting him to quit the club, met with an. [3] He also distributed a 72-page glossy booklet, "The Oyston file", detailing the allegations to reporters at his trial. News about Owen Oyston on Sports Mole with the latest player news, biographical information, pictures and more. Considering Oysten just sued a poor 63 year old fan 20,000 for claiming thisdefamation amongst other things, the guys still a nasty piece of work, I feel like we should just put it out there a little bit more. If you read something here that you liked, please donate a 1 or $2. 1794 Sold to Charles Gibson of Preston. Shortly a judgement will be made in Europe about my case. The present house was built on the site between 1795 and 1798 and stood in lands extending to 1,900 acres. Belokon's legal team from Clifford Chance LLP, made a statement saying they hoped it would 'herald a new chapter in the proud history of a prestigious club'. St Anne's on the Sea Town Council also rejected it as part of its St Anne's on the Sea Neighbourhood Development Plan. He stood down as both chairman and director of the club with immediate effect but remained as Acting Chief Executive. Controversial ex-owner of Blackpool Football Club Owen Oyston - associate of paedophiles Max Clifford and Stuart Hall and also 'Coronation Street' actor 'Cock Roache' Bill Roache - puts his gaudy gold-clad Lancashire mansion up for rent for the astonishing sum of 40,000 per month She had been in bed for just half an hour when two of the models came into her room looking distressed. Oyston was sentenced to six years for raping and indecently assaulting the girl by Liverpool Crown Court earlier this year. For unlimited access to our unrivalled local reporting, you can take out a subscription here and help support the work of our dedicated team of reporters. The former owner of Blackpool FC has lost a Supreme Court battle to build more than 1,000 homes on the Fylde coast. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The girls ordeal began when Oyston hired them to model a new range for the Manchester label Onu Uno. Lobster Magazine, Issue 34, Winter 1998. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Owen_Oyston&oldid=1152119414, Six years (served three years and six months; 19961999), This page was last edited on 28 April 2023, at 09:39. She told how she learned the truth only after arriving and spent the night huddled together with other girls in the same situation. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. But in his reserved written judgement, Mr Justice Smith said although the receivers had not won on every point, he did not consider that any discount should be made. SISA evolved into the Blackpool Supporters Trust and alongside other fan "anti-Oyston" groups such as the Tangerine Knights have coordinated protests alongside other clubs across the country and seen many fans take on a "Not a Penny More" stance - which sees fans not go to games unless they can pay on the gate at away games so Blackpool does not get any of the ticket gate. Born in Durham County in back in January of. Mr Oyston, who is listed as the only director of the firm on Companies House, appealed the decision to the High Court and Court of Appeal. Earlier Nadine told me a previous photoshoot with models at the house had turned into a big party with everyone dancing on the tables. We use some essential cookies to make our services work. I would have remembered such a massive retard. Owen John OYSTON Filter appointments Filter appointments Current appointments Total number of appointments 59 Date of birth January 1934 DENAXE LIMITED (01970661) Company status Active. But it was in one room with a white wall, like a studio. An independent examiner had looked through the proposals for the plan at the time and recommended that Oystons land be included, designated as housing, but the council disagreed, and was supported by Natural England and the plan was eventually approved with that land designated countryside. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Fans were protesting the Oyston family in the mid 90s - which saw Vicki Oyston step down from her position as chairwoman. Blackpool also lifted the LDV in 2002 and 2004. The High Court and the Court of Appeal had both agreed he was out of time at previous hearings and now the Supreme Court upheld that ruling. If they cannot, they should come back to court within three weeks. Protests and boycotting began to pick up the anti again during the 2014-15 season. The decision came despite an independent examiner of the draft plan saying Mr Oyston's housing project should be included given the council's then inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of new housing. When they learned who Mr Oyston was I told them if they wanted to go Id get them on the next train. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. "We weren't communicating very well and I had become very depressed," Mrs Oyston said. In a statement released following the ruling, they have confirmed they will discuss the matter at the next meeting - March 6. Owen Oyston, through his company Fylde Coast Farms Ltd, had been given the green light to build 1,150 new homes at Lytham Moss, land on the edge of St Anne's when the company was known as Oyston Estates Ltd. On February 2, 2018, Karl resigned from his role as chairman after a rift formed with his father. Here is the SunSport's round-up of the events of the last 20 years. In 1987 Oyston bought a large stake in then-struggling Blackpool F.C., becoming the club's owner on 31 May 1988, when he purchased new shares. She had been between 16 and 17 years old in the indictment period. The receivers were entitled to take the approach they did on these issues, he said. This initially started inNovember 2017, when Tangerines fans had a glimmer of hope when the Oyston family lost a High Court battle with businessman Belokon. 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. Blackpool were put into receivership by the High Court on 13 February. [5] The group went on to purchase Radio Aire in Leeds, Red Dragon Radio in Cardiff, and Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. I didnt want to be around him.. Among the suggested court appointed receivers are Paul Cooper and David Reuben - both previously involved in working on administrations at football clubs. He said: That would have risked creating disaffection with the new referendum procedure which could undermine rather than promote public engagement.. As protests began to build at Blackpool, the Oystons began to take legal action over a number of fans. [2], A second rape trial in Manchester in March 1996 saw Oyston acquitted after it was shown that the model had taken money from him, enjoyed a consensual affair with him and continued to meet him socially after the alleged rape. There were also eight residential properties. This decision protects the development strategy set out in the Fylde Local Plan to 2032 and we will be asking the developer of this site to withdraw their planning application., Blackpool Gazette: Thanks for reading. Before work we were shown to bedrooms upstairs and realised we were staying the night. Convicted paedophile Stuart Hall. One of those sued by the Oyston family Jeremy Smith, managed to win his case against the club and the claims were dropped. Judge Brian Carter QC said Martin had deliberately used the model agency to give him access to young girls, some of whom were still receiving counselling and might never live normal lives again. 1990 Purchased by Eileen and Howard Oldroyd from William Francis Garnett. 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. "[32], Oyston was the subject of controversy again in 2007 when he was invited by Sir Alex Ferguson and former sports minister Richard Caborn to a Labour Party fundraising event in the new Wembley Stadium and attended by the newly appointed Prime Minister Gordon Brown. You've accepted analytics cookies. "But Owen was there all the time on the shoot, watching us. All night I was scared hed knock on the door.. Riga lost 27 players in the summer and after a quick fight and using two 17-year-old youth players they managed to get a squad together but still named only four players on the bench. Both stepped down from their roles following anti-Oyston protests by fans at the stadium. 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It was the longest night of my life.. [2] Oyston was convicted of rape and indecent assault of a 16-year-old girl in 1996. Coun Fiddler, chairman of the councils planning committee said:Fylde Council is extremely pleased that the Supreme Court has found in the councils favour and confirmed the previous decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal. They ruled that it was a fair hearing and that fresh evidence adduced by Oyston in the rape case which was refused by the Court of Appeal was inadmissible. It was stunning, in the middle of nowhere, she said. In a previous appeal hearing at the High Court in 2017, the Oystons had to pay the councils 1,250 legal costs for the failed legal challenge and Fylde Coast Farms may now be liable for yet more costs. Our Friends in the North West: The Owen Oyston Affair. The council disagreed with the independent examiners suggestion to included it as housing land at the time, because it felt he had made a mistake in how he applied Habitat Regulations in coming to his decision. 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. He was jailed for six years on 22 May. Mr Oyston has admitted a series of affairs with young womenduring the years following his remarriage to Mrs Oyston in 1988 after a divorce six years earlier. I suspected," she told Helen Grindrod QC, for the prosecution. The report by Chris Blackhurst described "a seamy saga of smears, death and vendetta. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. We were exhausted too. Owen Oysten is a filthy convicted rapist. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Four months after a high-profile police raid on a modelling agency in Manchester nine charges were levelled against Oyston, including four rape charges. The girl said she called her agency and they were horrified too. The wealthy. She was made chairwoman in February 2018, following Karl's decision to leave the club. He was being sued for holding up a doctored Blackpool Gazette front cover which read "We are thieves". The EFL are now discussing whether to deduct 12 points from the League One side. On 2 March 1992, World in Action screened a report, entitled The Dirty War, describing an alleged campaign against Oyston by Michael Murrin, chairman of the Preston Ratepayers' Association. The statement said: "The application was a ground-breaking one in the football industry, with the judge confirming that it was in the interests of justice for the appointment to be made. The model was in an unsuspecting group of women who took a booking for photo sessions at multi-millionaire Owen Oystons remote mansion. Owen twice asked one model for her mobile number but she didnt give it to him. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Matthew Steeples is a writer and marketing consultant. Despite an independent examiner recommending the site which Oyston wanted to develop for housing, should be included, the council decided against this. I decided not to drink. He opted out of further education at sixteen and started his career as an actor. He told his defence counsel, Anthony Scrivener QC, that he had been cleared of wrongdoing. #stickyfingers". Natalie Christopher is the daughter of Owen Oyston. The Oystons were ordered to buy Belokon out of Blackpool FC for 31million after his company, VB Football Assets - a minor shareholder in Blackpool - brought action against them for showing unfair prejudice against shareholders. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The former owner of Blackpool FC has lost a Supreme Court battle to build more than 1,000 homes on the Fylde coast. 17. Let's not let people forget this. The mum told her daughter, who raced to warn her pal in bed in a room near Oystons. A MODEL agency manager, Peter Martin, was jailed for 20 years yesterday after systematically raping and sexually abusing teenage girls. [34], On 13 June 2008, a fire broke out at his 16th-century country home Claughton Hall. She also admitted that it was only after being contacted by police officers investigating the model agency that she felt compelled to speak out having previously made no allegation against Oyston. Other actions of protest have included a ramble to the Oyston family property in Waddington, Lancashire and a coordinated protest outside the EFL headquarters in London and Preston which included a billboard which read: "English Fans Let Down". He returned to the role in 2011 after his bankruptcy order was annulled. Big day in the history of @BlackpoolFC pic.twitter.com/sqH3got6tH. [28] Under normal parole terms, Oyston would have been due for release in May 1999. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? But we could hear Owen and the others still downstairs drinking. [14][15] A return to Bloomfield Road for boycotting fans occurred on 9 March 2019, when the club hosted Southend United; thousands of home fans attended the game, for the first time in over four years. "It potentially marks a watershed moment for Blackpool Football Club and its loyal fanbase.". The agency in the latest shoot has reported Oyston and Ono Uno to the Association of Model Agents. Jurors are expected to retire next week. The girl of 20 told the Sunday People: I realised we were far from anywhere with a man who raped a model. They were conditionally discharged from their roles on 19 December 2019, following a settlement between Mr Oyston and Mr Belokon two days earlier just as the sale of the Travelodge was about to be completed for 7.9m. The case was looked at by Lord Lloyd Jones, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Sales, and Lord Stephens this month. Test your knowledge. At the retrial, he was acquitted of the rape charge after the former model was shown to have lied at the first trial and that Oyston had had a long-term relationship with her both before and after the alleged rape. [18] At the committal in May 1995, one of the alleged rapes and two separate charges of indecent assault were thrown out by a stipendiary magistrate. [30] On 29 June 2001 Oyston spoke publicly for the first time since his release. Whilst we cannot write down all the problems both on and off the pitch, here arefivewe have picked out. October 2009 Offered for sale by Eileen and Howard Oldroyd. [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. Im still fighting to clear my name. The agency did not know of his sex conviction. By Agency reporter Published 6th May 2021, 14:37 BST. I just wanted to go home but the rest felt guilt-tripped into staying so I stayed too, she recalled. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. They were appointed by the high court in February to take over all Oyston's assets including the football club, and recoup 22m still owing to the Latvian banker Valeri Belokon, who won a 31m .