Former accountant who defrauded Bruges’ Boudewijn Seapark of tens of thousands of euros finally receives additional sentence
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- The Ghent Court of Appeal sentenced a 47-year-old former Boudewijn Seapark accountant from Ostend to a suspended 20-month prison term for defrauding the Bruges amusement park of 92,000 euros.
- The court imposed the additional sentence after he had initially received no extra punishment because of an earlier 40-month suspended sentence for similar offences.
A former accountant who defrauded Boudewijn Seapark in Bruges of 92,000 euros has finally received an additional sentence from the Ghent Court of Appeal.
The 47-year-old man from Ostend received a suspended prison term of 20 months. He initially escaped an extra sentence because he had shortly before been given a 40-month suspended sentence for similar offences.
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