Quote (balrog66 @ Nov 12 2019 05:35pm)
Dutroux was a fucking trainwreck of a case. I remember as a kid getting only some of the details and being horrified. Once I grew up and read about the case it didn't get any better. There's loads of weird shit going on in the court case and I have no clue what has actually happened.
Also his wife (Michelle Martin) is now out of prison, though she is now permanently in a monastery in Malonne, without contact with children. Dutroux I don't think will ever be allowed to leave prison. Dude would be drawn and quartered by the public à la brothers De Witt. The hate against him is big and very much alive in Belgium.
Update on this case: The accomplice of Dutroux, Michel Lelièvre, is now out on parole.
https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/michel-lelievre-oud-handlanger-van-dutroux-heeft-gevangenis-verlaten~afcfa71d/His parole is subject to very strict rules: He is not allowed to contact victims or anyone else connected to the Dutroux dossier. He has to avoid 6 of Belgium's 10 provinces, and is not allowed to use any drugs or alcohol. He is not allowed to leave Belgium, and has to stay in contact with a psych and has to be in education or working. His current location is hidden, and I suspect he's out under a different name. This dude would be lynched within weeks if he were out in the public under his own name.