31 August, 2002 - Couple fly from Manchester to Malaga.

1 September - Couple meet estate agent to discuss buying properties.

Missing: Anthony and Linda O'Malley

2 September - O'Malleys go with agent to open Spanish bank account.

4 September - Linda O'Malley phones daughter in final contact.

8-13 September - Unusual purchases on the couple's credit card begin.

12 September - Hire car not returned to airport as scheduled.

13 September - O'Malleys fail to show for return flight.

23 September - Auction for Villajoyosa holiday home unattended.

Family begin appeals

2 October - The family of the missing couple fly to Spain to assist a police search and make an emotional plea for help from the area's ex-patriate community.

6 October - Two extra British police officers fly to Spain to help investigate the disappearance of the couple.

14 October - Detectives investigating the disappearance fly home.

24 October - Mrs O'Malley's daughter, Nicola Welch, makes a direct appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch programme for her parents to get in touch.

25 October - Around 50 viewers contact the Crimewatch programme offering possible new information on the couple.

21 November - A body found earlier in the month alongside the A7 road in the Villajoyosa region of Benidorm is ruled out of inquiry.

Breakthrough after arrests

16 December - The family ask the Foreign Office for help in tracing the pair.

5 March, 2003 - A BBC Wales documentary reveals new sighting of the couple, accompanied by a mystery man, viewing a villa in the hills behind the town of Villajoyosa.

25 March - Two couples, including two Venezuelan men, are arrested after they are found to be driving - on false registration plates - the car which the O'Malleys had hired in August. Two bodies are later found a property near Villajoyosa.

26 March - Spanish murder detectives say the bodies are those of the O'Malleys.

22 September - Mr and Mrs O'Malley's funeral held in Saltney, Chester.

Trial in Spain

11 April, 2004 - Trial of two Venezuelan suspects begins in Spain.

28 March, 2006 - Evidence against Jorge Real Sierra and Juan Antonio Velazquez Gonzalez begins in front of panel of three judges.

5 April - Trail ends with judgement reserved for several weeks.