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Belgium: murder in a family of the Belgian aristocracy, the advanced financial motive

2023-03-30T16:19:46.620Z


Nicolas Ullens de Schooten, 57, is the son of a wealthy businessman, Baron Guy Ullens de Schooten. The son of a wealthy businessman and art collector was charged and imprisoned for " murder " Thursday in Belgium, after confessing to the murder of his father's second wife over a financial dispute, said Justice. Nicolas Ullens de Schooten, 57, " explains his gesture in the context of a family conflict, in particular of a financial nature ", explained in a press release the prosecution of Walloon


The son of a wealthy businessman and art collector was charged and imprisoned for "

murder

" Thursday in Belgium, after confessing to the murder of his father's second wife over a financial dispute, said Justice.

Nicolas Ullens de Schooten, 57, "

explains his gesture in the context of a family conflict, in particular of a financial nature

", explained in a press release the prosecution of Walloon Brabant, the French-speaking province where the tragedy occurred on Wednesday. .

Financial conflicts

According to the first elements of the investigation, he opened fire in the direction of his mother-in-law, Myriam Ullens de Schooten, 70, while she was driving her car leaving her Belgian home in Lasne ( centre), her husband seated next to her.

He had just hit them with his own vehicle, watching for them at the exit of the house after being driven out following a heated discussion.

He allegedly fired "

six times

" with his handgun, the prosecution said.

His father, Baron Guy Ullens of Schooten, was injured in the leg.

Charged with "

murder

" and "

breach of the law on weapons

", the suspect, a former agent of State Security (civilian intelligence), was placed in pre-trial detention by the investigating judge in charge of the investigation. .

He had presented himself spontaneously to the police shortly after his gesture.

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The Ullens de Schooten family is well known in the business world.

Baron Guy Ullens de Schooten, now in his eighties, headed an industrial group for forty years, first active in sugar refining.

He expanded his portfolio of activities in the food and textile sectors through the Artal-Europe investment fund, of which he was one of the main shareholders.

Since his retirement in 2000, the baron has invested in a foundation established in Switzerland which “

manages charitable and artistic actions

”, according to its site, and presents itself as a pioneer in supporting contemporary Chinese artists.

The foundation also runs a school that welcomes thousands of children in Nepal.

The second wife of the baron, Myriam Ullens de Schooten, partner in this foundation, had for her part founded in 2011 in Brussels a fashion firm called Maison Ullens.

Source: lefigaro

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