ASSISEN. “If you don’t sell me that farm back, things will end badly.” And then Paul Boeye died from a manhole cover on his head: accident or ambush?

The case of the manhole cover murder will start tomorrow for the assize court in Antwerp. Six years ago, agricultural engineer Paul Boeye died in a stable he had purchased. An accident, say Jef Van Ouwenhuysen, the farmer who lived on the farm, and his son Marnik. A murder plot, according to the indictment. In the background is a discussion about buying, selling and 600,000 euros in subsidy.

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