The defendant had committed his first rapes of young children in the early 2000s. He was sentenced in 2010 by the Brussels Court of Appeal to eight years in prison for the rape of his four-year-old daughter, indecent assaults on his 16-year-old son, and rape and indecent assaults on his niece. In 2014, the defendant … Read more
During a program broadcast on the Flemish radio station Radio 2, Véronique De Sitter returned to the misadventure she experienced on the side of Maline. Wanting to park her car in a blue zone of the Flemish city, Véronique was surprised when she discovered later that she had still been fined. “Having received it on … Read more
A man from Voer, aged 63, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Slenaken, just across the Belgian-Dutch border, on Easter Monday. He was found dead on the side of the road. A 50-year-old man from Eijsden-Margraten in Dutch Limburg was arrested for questioning by the police. Dutch authorities were alerted to the incident when … Read more
Laura Clarke, a resident of West Lancashire, England, rants about Ryanair. And not just a little! It must be said that she lost more than 1,000 euros because of the low-cost airline. Or almost. In reality, she, her sister and a friend had to travel with Ryanair from Manchester to Bordeaux to celebrate a birthday. … Read more
What does 33 years in prison do to a person? 33 years of absolute heteronomy, surrounded by salmon-colored prison walls, drug use, violence and in a confined space with people whose proximity you didn’t choose. More than three decades in a world without privacy, without toilet seats, without family celebrations, without nature and without any … Read more
The hostage-taking incident that occurred on Friday evening in a house located in Roeselare, West Flanders came to an end after the arrest of the suspect. The local police confirmed the news at 11:30 p.m. about the arrest, with thirty people who were previously evacuated returning safely to their homes. The suspect had taken several … Read more
The correctional court of Liège has decided to consult a service that specializes in treating sex offenders before giving its judgment on a resident of Grâce-Hollogne who is accused of raping and sexually assaulting two young girls aged 15 and 17 with mental disabilities. The defendant met one of the victims on Facebook and invited … Read more
The neighbors of a convenience store were alerted by a loud bang, but luckily, no one was injured. The owner of the store, aged 46, had recently been released with an ankle bracelet after killing a burglar who was 36 years old in late February, according to HBVL. Mieke Eevers, a neighbor, said that at … Read more