As soon as it started, it was immediately postponed. The appeal trial of the ex-owner of the Château de la Rochepot (Côte-d’Or) and his ex-partner could well come to an end.
Dmitri Malinovsky was sentenced last December to 4 years in prison for money laundering. On the other hand, the Singaporean company Dreymoor, a fertilizer brokerage company which claims to have been defrauded of 13 million euros, was dismissed and appealed.
This second trial opened this Monday, October 23 before the Nancy Court of Appeal, but it was interrupted from the start by a question raised by the owner’s ex-mistress. Olga Kalina was also sentenced for money laundering (two years suspended prison sentence) and for this second hearing she argues that it is impossible for the accused to prove their good faith, because the origin of their fortune would come from financial operations carried out in Ukraine, and the situation in this country at war does not allow their origin to be traced.
Justice is giving itself more than a month to reflect and will say on November 29 whether it will forward the question raised by Olga Kalina to the Court of Cassation, or whether the trial can resume on appeal.
Emergency measures to preserve the castle
While waiting to have (one day) the end of this story, the castle has been placed under sequestration. This allows the State to intervene to avoid significant damage. “Agrasc, the agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets, has already intervened on several occasions” assures Véronique Richer, the mayor of the town. “These are emergency measures to avoid further deterioration of the building. This consisted, for example, of cutting down trees that threatened to fall on the walls, preventing the fall of stones, or more simply destroying a hornet’s nest .”
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