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Louis Convents was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday. The Edegem businessman was arrested at the hearing. The judge finds him guilty across the board: human trafficking, rape, harassment, blows and injuries. Guy Van Sande was acquitted for alleged violence against the then partner of Convents.
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Convents, according to the court, exploited several young women as prostitutes. He would also have obliged three of them to have sex with him. The judge also fined 5 times 1,000 euros per victim. Louis Convents’ lawyer, Walter Damen, spoke of a character murder of his client.
Guy Van Sande was acquitted. He was on trial for alleged violence against Convents’ then-partner. That happened during a joint holiday years ago in France. According to Van Sande, he only intervened when the woman attacked Convents during a fight armed with a knife.
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