No forgiveness for pair's killers

Men jailed for Spanish murders

The brother of murdered holidaymaker Tony O'Malley has said he has "no forgiveness" for the Venezuelan men convicted of his killer.

Jorge Real Sierra and Juan Antonio Velazquez Gonzales were found guilty in Spain on Thursday of killing Mr O'Malley and his wife Linda in 2002.

The couple's bodies were found at a villa where they had been held captive.

After hearing the verdict, Bernard O'Malley said the four-year wait for justice had been "tough".

Speaking at a news conference in Wrexham, Mr O'Malley said of Real and Velazquez: "My initial instinct was that they should be sentenced and lose their lives.

We were robbed of a lot of the grieving process through their evil-doings, with the ransom notes and everything else that went on. Nicola Welsh

"That was never going to happen in Spain. The best I could hope for after that was that they would never walk the streets again.

"I feel we've got the best we could get and we've done the best we could have done."

Mr O'Malley said the verdict had been "a long time coming... a really tough four years".

He added: "We're very pleased with the outcome, it's what we were looking for."

Bernard O'Malley spoke at a press conference in Wrexham

When asked how he felt about the murderers, Mr O'Malley said: "I have no sympathy or forgiveness for them."

Nicola Welch, Mrs O'Malley's daughter, said: "It feels like an eternity. It feels very difficult to put into words how we feel today.

"We were robbed of a lot of the grieving process through their evil-doings, with the ransom notes and everything else that went on.

"I hope they serve as much of their sentence as possible. I hope they don't get out."

She thanked North Wales Police, who took part in the investigation of the couple's disappearance and murder.

Without them, she said, the killers would never have been caught.

Christine Spruce, Mr O'Malley's sister and Jenny Stuart, Mrs O'Malley's daughter, were also at the news conference.

Det Supt Chris Corcoran, of North Wales Police, thanked his team for their "dogged determination".

He said: "Today's result from the court in Spain is good news for the family and allows things to move on.

"I think it justifies to some degree, the huge amount of effort we have put in, in trying to bring these people to justice."