Zelzate is A known Zelzaats face had Friday morning before the criminal court, to justify. Marnix Welvaert, the owner of the burnt down toy store Toys is also the owner of the rented house where Anneke Descamps lives. The house has been uninhabitable explained, but nevertheless remains Welvaert the rent. He risks six months in prison.
In this newspaper told Mary earlier this week that the situation for her no longer tenable. Her rented house in the Grijphoek in Zelzate is at least four years unfit because of rising damp, risk of electrocution, unsuitable stairs, bad ventilation in the bathroom and the toilet. Because Anneke disabled and on benefit to live, she can not have a high rent can afford and then in 2013 her rental property lost, did they plunge headlong in to the house of Welvaert to rent.
But the house was uninhabitable declared when the previous tenant still lived. Which the tenant was given priority on social housing. The house should then actually not be rented out, but Welvaert cobble that to his boot. And because the previous tenant priority was on social housing, Anneke who is not. At the end she took a lawyer under the arm. Friday was the case before the criminal court advocates.
“I was not within”
“It is evident that the property does not comply with the housing code”, began the attorney his speech. “Welvaert has a heavy criminal record, so progress I a prison sentence of six months and a fine of 4,000 euros.” The prosecutor referred to the fact that Welvaert regularly for the judge stood. He was already convicted for providing drugs to minors, zedenfeiten and the illegal storage of 760 kilograms of fireworks, enough to half Zelzate to blow up. In July 2016, which burned his toy store and were still boxes of fireworks found in the rubble. From a research, however, it proved to be dummies and not real fireworks. Welvaert was prosecuted for arson.
