Up to 26 years in prison for the murder of an Eindhoven businessman

In Belgium, two people were sentenced to long prison terms for the murder of Eindhoven businessman <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/peter-gillis-buys-peltse-villa-from-murdered-marcel-van-hou-pelt/" title="Peter Gillis buys Peltse villa from murdered Marcel Van Hou… (Pelt)”>Marcel van Hout. The victim’s ex-wife was a client and will serve 26 years in prison. The executor gets 23 years.

The businessman’s body was found at the end of 2017 in his hometown of Pelt, Belgium, just across the border from Valkenswaard (North Brabant). He was shot in the head and back. His ex-wife had called the police first. She said she went to check on the house because Van Hout had not shown up for work.

Soon, she and 54-year-old employee Roger C. suspected of participation. They had an affair. After being held for more than two years on suspicion of murder, a known person he.

The ex-wife Jouhara A. has always denied that she ordered the murder. She also maintained this today: “You’re accusing me of something I didn’t do. I didn’t do anything. It’s not true,” she said. Omroep Brabant.

The woman was sentenced to life in prison. The case was heard in Tongeren, at the court. At this court, a jury of people considers the question of guilt and then, together with the judges, decides on the sentence.

The jury decided that A. had encouraged her suspicion of the murder by stressing it in different ways. She also said that she gave the man the loaded firearm to kill her ex-husband.