Finally. Thirteen years after the robbery of car dealer Steve Huypens (38) from Schilde, the assize trial against the suspected perpetrator, the German criminal Fred Wittig (57), starts on Monday in Antwerp. For months, the investigators had the wrong suspect in their sights: Kevin, Steve’s then 18-year-old son. The reconstruction of a mistaken murder file.
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November 30, 2007. Around half past one in the afternoon, a friend enters the car park of P&S Cars, the car dealer of Steve Huypens on the corner of the Turnhoutsebaan and the Beukenlaan in Schilde. Something is wrong. The engine of an expensive BMW X5 roars on the gravel-covered terrain. The driver’s seat is empty. A little further on, smoke rises from the cabin where Steve does his administration.
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The friend is worried. He calls the emergency services and also calls another acquaintance of Steve on the spot. The men decide not to wait for help. They force the chalet door and extinguish the fire that rages inside. When the smoke clears, their eye falls to the ground. There Steve is lying on his right side. His face is blackened and bloody. His breath catches.
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