Wickmayers risking imprisonment and fine of 420,000 euro for bouwovertredingen to villa

Diest Tennis player Yanina Wickmayer (29) and her father, Marc (65) look on against a prison sentence and fine of 420,000 euro for bouwovertredingen to her villa in Diest. Wickmayer would be the building - in a nature reserve without the permission extended.

The domain along the Meilrijk in Diest was by papa Wickmayer in the early 2000s purchased by the company nv Biesthoeve in which the man until 2008 was managing director. Then took the adult Yanina the helm. In the second half of 2012, there were a few alterations to the building done despite the fact that no licence was issued. The regularisatieaanvraag of Wickmayer was in 2013 afgeketst, partly on the advice of the Nature and Forest Agency. The green spatial planning would be more compromised. Meanwhile, there was an existing outbuilding enlarged, there were three garage doors installed, and was a kasseiverharding constructed.

Penalty

Urban introduced himself civil party in the case and asked the judge to alterations to make. For them it was not to a breakdown. In addition to a penalty payment progressed, the public ministry 300.000 euro fine for nv The Biesthoeve and always principled in prison and 60,000 euro fine for father and daughter. The two live for a while at variance with each other. They were Monday absent on their process and were represented by their lawyers. There were the violins be like-minded. All three they went full for the acquittal. The defense denied that works were carried out without a permit. “The conscious building dates back to 1890. That building has always been there. Originally, that was 140 square metres, today, that is 106 square metres. It is smaller than for the introduction of the gewestplannen. Here is nothing at all”, claimed the lawyer of Yanina, high and low. “The hardening and the ringpad were there back then and even now to a lesser extent.”

The case will drag for several years by a procedural squabble. It is the second time that the family Wickmayer are charged in the case. In 2017, the court ruled that the case is inadmissible because the subpoena is only properly served to the company and not father and daughter. The Leuven public prosecutor decided not to appeal but to have the whole thing to herdagen. Or the Wickmayers this time their battle thuishalen, they know on February 25.