Aalst The house where Chris Bonkoffsky, the alleged Giant of the Gang of Nivelles, and spent his final years, touch but not sold. Bonkoffsky died in may of 2015 and since the house is no longer inhabited. According to broker Tijl Jansegers is that to the neighborhood. “The Moorselbaan is a bad neighborhood. You have to be there in the evening but even walking on the street, if you dare.”
Chris Bonkoffsky died on 14 may 2015, after years of alcohol abuse. A few weeks before his death he had his brother said that he was involved in the Gang of Nijvel. In October 2017, there was an investigation of the court in various cafes in Aalst. There was asked to Chris Bonkoffsky, the officers accused him of being the Giant.
A year later, the federal public prosecutor’s office know that the Chris Bonkoffsky no longer suspected of involvement in the Gang. Relatives of the victims, including David Stone and his lawyer Jef Vermassen still think that Bonkoffsky, however, was a member of the Gang.
149.000 euro
Chris Bonkoffsky rented until his death a townhouse in the Moorselbaan. While the investigation into the Gang of Nivelles and still runs, the house of the alleged Giant roof. If no one there wants to live. Broker Tijl Jansegers provides the townhouse with two bedrooms in the Moorselbaan on his website for the price of 149.000 euros. “This property has been refurbished to be, but is already equipped with central heating on gas and double glazing. Located near the city centre of Aalst, close to shops, schools, and at a short distance from the station, ” praises the broker for the house.
“Difficult, near”
According to Tijl Jansegers is it not because the so-called Giant lived there, that no one the house still wants to. “Nothing of the sort. The Moorselbaan in Aalst is a bad neighborhood. You must be there once in the evening about the street walk, if you dare. A lot of candidates to find a house to buy, you can find not,” says Tijl Jansegers.
They which the English newspapers read, and so the news of the Gang of Nivelles, follow, are, according to Tijl Jansegers hardly interested to Moorselbaan to buy a house. The non-native speakers according to him no questions about the Giant. “Prospective buyers are usually people with foreign roots and which usually have a limited budget. Recently, it was almost sold, but that person turned out to be not enough money to have to buy the house.”
