Belgian Legal News: Stories of Crime, Punishment, and Controversy

2023-06-04 05:20:00

Drunk, she files a complaint against the police officers whom she accused of having stolen 500 € from her

A 50-year-old was seriously reprimanded by the court for outrageous and irresponsible behavior towards the police.

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A former insurer and a restaurateur accused of laundering 200,000 euros

“I have known him for more than 20 years and consider him my son. It’s true, I was the good daddy of many people”. A former insurer appeared this Wednesday before the criminal court of Namur, accused of having helped a restaurant friend to launder 200,000 euros. He is also in the crosshairs of justice for having lent sums to several people without respecting the rules in this area.

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We had come to Belgium on a pleasure trip, to dance salsa

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He stabs his pregnant wife who lost their baby: he is not prosecuted for the death of the fetus, the law does not allow it

On the night of August 15, 2021, he savagely stabbed his partner, who was nearly 9 months pregnant. The baby had not survived. He has just been sentenced, but not for the acts against the fetus. The defense “takes advantage” of a legal void: in Belgian law, the fetus does not exist in a way and its disappearance cannot therefore be blamed.

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A commissioner signs a search while he was at home

A 47-year-old commissioner from the province of Luxembourg was teleworking on December 11, 2020 when he asked a police inspector to carry out a search, which only a commissioner can carry out. He then wrote a false report, to go faster, according to him.

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Teacher suspected of raping student

Two young girls said they had been touched by a teacher. The man was hired in several schools in the province of Liège. According to several witnesses, he would have adopted inappropriate behavior with young girls. He would have been very close to them, not hesitating to pay them compliments, some of which are inappropriate. He would indeed have complimented young girls who wore skirts because he found it more “becoming”.

A complaint was filed in 2016 by a 16-year-old girl for facts dating from 2013.

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Punitive expedition to the campsite: they smash his skull

A punitive expedition almost ended in tragedy on May 7, 2015 in a campsite. Indeed, Thierry, then in his fifties, found himself in a coma after the attack. Shortly before the events, a lady appealed to her brother to take revenge on the neighbors who, according to her, had poisoned her animal and threatened to set fire to the chalet.

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He murders his wife: the public action is extinguished

On March 27, in the morning, a tragedy shook the peaceful residential district “Plein Sud” in Somzée. Aged 75, Gérard Henrivaux had shot his wife, Colette Juwe, born in 1947. After killing his partner, the pensioner had tried to commit suicide but he had only succeeded in seriously injuring himself. He had been evacuated to the hospital by the emergency services.

As soon as he was hospitalized, he requested euthanasia, which was accepted given his psychological and physical condition.

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