WeegieBlue wrote:
Might want to delete that post GA.....!
owen oysten. google him. he had to relinquish control of the club because of his criminal record.
i believe i was incorrect in assuming the age (edit)
from wiki -
Conviction
Oyston had a financial interest in a modelling agency in Manchester and after a high profile police investigation nine charges were levelled against him, including four rape charges.[3] He was initially arrested on 9 February 1995[12] 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. Three charges against him came to trial. He was cleared of two but found guilty of one rape. His first trial for indecent assault, against a former model, was in February 1996 for which he was acquitted. The jury could not though agree a verdict on a rape charge against the girl. At the retrial he was acquitted of the rape charge after the former model was shown to have lied at the first trial and it was shown that Oyston had in fact had a long term relationship with her both before and after the alleged rape. She also admitted that it was only after being contacted by police officers investigating the model agency that she felt impelled to speak out having previously made no allegation against Oyston.[3]
The second rape trial in March 1996 also saw Oyston acquitted, after it was shown that the model had taken money from Oyston, enjoyed a consensual affair with him and had continued to see him socially after the alleged rape.[3]
The final trial took place at Liverpool Crown Court and began during April of 1996, with an allegation of rape four years previously at Oyston's home. Initially, the alleged victim said the rape took place in autumn 1991, but at the trial stated it took place in the middle of 1992, and the she said that it took place in September 1992. She had also made no complaint at the time, and the notes from her police interview were lost.
The girl was aged around 16 years at the time of the alleged offence, and Oyston did not admit having intercourse with her. However, the jury did not believe him and he was convicted of rape and indecent assault, for which he was jailed for six years on 22 May, with the judge saying Oyston had committed "horrendous" crimes against the girl.[13][3]
During the trial Oyston also claimed he was the victim of a long-running conspiracy by two government ministers, and that a "very nasty campaign" had been waged against him for up to twelve years. Oyston claimed that at one time he was being investigated by the Fraud Squad, the Inland Revenue, the Drugs Squad, the City's regulatory takeover body Imro, international private investigators, the Sunday Times and other newspapers. He told his defence counsel Anthony Scrivener, QC, that he had been cleared of wrongdoing. In 1989, he had won substantial damages, costs and an apology from the Sunday Times.[2] He also distributed a 72-page glossy booklet, "The Oyston file", detailing the allegations to reporters.[14]
During the trial much had been made of the fact that Oyston's only high-profile TV appearance during his acting career was in the 1970s TV series Crown Court.[citation needed]
legal age of consent, possibly.
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