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Ex-wife of Dutroux allowed to go abroad

11:14 10/01/2014

A Belgian court has ruled that Michelle Martin, the ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child killer Marc Dutroux, will be allowed to travel abroad to find a new home.

Martin (pictured) was arrested in 1996 for helping Dutroux kidnap and rape six girls. Dutroux killed two of them and left two others to starve to death in a makeshift dungeon in his cellar while he was in police custody. Martin allegedly knew about the girls in the cellar and did nothing to save them, leading to her 30-year prison sentence. She was released in 2012, 13 years into the sentence, amid much public protest.

Martin was released from prison on condition that she live in a convent in the south of Belgium. This convent is now set to close, leaving Martin with the need to find a new place to stay.

A spokesperson for prosecutors in Mons in Wallonia said that Martin had been allowed to go abroad for a maximum of five days, with practical details still to be discussed. “The court decision does not state why, but one could imagine that it’s to allow for Ms Martin, given the situation of the place where she is currently staying, to look elsewhere for a place to continue her conditional release,” he said.

 

Written by Martin Banks

Comments

lovelorn

Evil B---h! Her so called punishment for such evil, is a joke. God comfort the families and parents of those poor young girls when they read the soft touch this monster is getting from the establishment

Jan 10, 2014 16:32
jon-bxl

Attrocious. Freed after 13 years and allowed to live abroad!!

I suppose anybody in prison today over 13 years has done worse crimes!

Justice???

No

Jan 11, 2014 11:39