The tennis fraud trial taking place in Oudenaarde has been suspended for a week on the first day. Mr Walter Van Steenbrugge, defence lawyer, found the file a muddle and is asking for an inventory of all the documents. The court decided to take that request under advisement and issue an interim ruling next Friday....
"After every beating he brought me roses and Dafalgan": Hatice (24) was a victim of extreme partner violence for two years
For Hatice, the consequences are disastrous. A broken eye socket, broken nose, bruised ribs, severe concussion, perforated eardrum and untold psychological damage. Hatice filed a complaint against Isa in which she could count on the assistance of Walter Van Steenbrugge. "I was terribly afraid he was just going to get off. So...
Gas leak at door, bomb in courtroom: defence wants thorough reworking of file on Armenian tennis mafia
Today the trial of an Armenian gang that rigged the result of some 400 tennis matches got under way. There may have been a gas leak in front of the courthouse this morning, but the real blast caused lawyer Walter Van Steenbrugge. He called the file 'une poubelle' and asked that it be reworked. Next...
Game, set and millions of euros: Belgian tennis players, who have already lost one match, provide Armenian gang with staggering profits
Tennis players who have already deliberately hit a serve into the net, or more to the point, lost an entire match. This allowed the betting mafia to make millions of euros in profit. At the same time, the athletes could make a nice penny extra. In Oudenaarde court on Friday, 28 suspects stand trial for large-scale matchfixing, among them...
'Knight on the white horse' gets four years in jail for extreme partner violence: 'His girlfriend was just unrecognisable'
K.B., a 24-year-old young man from Ghent, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for acts of extreme partner violence. He abused his partner to such an extent that she ended up in hospital and was unable to work for four months. The victim also heard how the man minimised the facts. "Too bad it happened...
