Nicholas Van-What's-his-face

[Stat Brother]

Similar to OJ, NVH, has been found guilty of organising the killing of that buisnessman, in a civil court.
The case can now continue, probably resulting in NVH being sued for mutli million pounds.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Good! He is an absolute tyrant. A pathetic excuse for a man.

He even voiced his support for Mugabe. Scared that his land was going to get taken?

He hides behind money and I would love to see him lose it all.

Burn him

 

[Napper]

Moving up now to take the place
of Nicholas Van Wotsisface
At six foot six and a hundred tons
the undisputed king of the slums
With more alias' than Klaus Barbie
the master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
In a hatchback from Notre Dame,
the one and only Sheriff Fatman

 

[Stat Brother]

Tycoon 'responsible for killing'

Mr van Hoogstraten was cleared of killing Mohammed Raja
Property baron Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been held responsible by the High Court for the killing of businessman Mohammed Raja.
The ruling came despite the 60-year-old multi-millionaire, from Uckfield in East Sussex, being cleared of manslaughter in the criminal courts.

Mr Justice Lightman ruled that on the balance of probability the businessman was involved in the death.

It is central to a £6m civil action being brought by the dead man's family.

It was claimed in the High Court that Mr van Hoogstraten was a psychopath who arranged for the "assassination".

Mr van Hoogstraten was not present or legally represented during the hearing.

Andrew Mitchell QC, for the Raja family, said in his closing submissions that all the evidence supported one witness's description of Mr van Hoogstraten as "a psychopath".


Mohammed Raja's family continued legal action after he was killed

He claimed that the businessman's treatment of his housing tenants demonstrated his propensity for violence.

Mr Raja, 62, had been in the process of suing Mr van Hoogstraten over a business deal when he was stabbed and shot dead after answering the doorbell at his home in Sutton, south London, in July 1999.

His killers, Robert Knapp and David Croke - who were alleged to have been working for Mr van Hoogstraten - are currently serving life for murder.

In a statement prepared for his defence to the proceedings, Mr van Hoogstraten insisted that, although he had known Knapp for 35 years, he had never employed him in any capacity.

Mr van Hoogstraten was sentenced to 10 years at the Old Bailey in 2002 for manslaughter.

However, his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.

 

[Icy Gull]

How's his Palace coming along?

 

[zefarelly]

How's his Palace coming along?

he can't decide on paint and wallpaper apparently, cell block blue or jailbird yellow

 

[surrey jim]

he's put a moursleum (sp?) in the grounds so he can be buried there and has made orders that upon his death the house will be sealed off, with no one else being able to live there

 

[Le Premier Cru]

Mausoleum.

(Mods, can we add spellcheck to NSC for those who care enough to use it?)

 

[REDLAND]

he can't decide on paint and wallpaper apparently, cell block blue or jailbird yellow

Its a civil case I don't believe hes going to jail, its just gonna cost him money !!

 

[BensGrandad]

I always find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that somebody can be found Not Guilty by a criminal court but then be held responsible by a Civil Court

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The burden of proof in a civil case is much lower than a criminal one.

Yes, his criminal conviction got quashed, but by all accounts Van Hoogstraten could and would buy his way out of pretty much anything, so most people seem to be taking the "not guilty" verdict with an industrial sized pinch of salt.

 

[Uncle C]

He will get his comeuppance - he who lives by the sword......

 

[The Keeper]

Moving up now to take the place
of Nicholas Van Wotsisface
At six foot six and a hundred tons
the undisputed king of the slums
With more alias' than Klaus Barbie
the master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
In a hatchback from Notre Dame,
the one and only Sheriff Fatman

 

[BensGrandad]

The burden of proof in a civil case is much lower than a criminal one.

Yes, his criminal conviction got quashed, but by all accounts Van Hoogstraten could and would buy his way out of pretty much anything, so most people seem to be taking the "not guilty" verdict with an industrial sized pinch of salt.

Not having had a legal background I would have thought that the verdict of a criminal court would have been great evidence for the defence in a civil court.

 

[glasfryn]

He will get his comeuppance - he who lives by the sword......

as did the person he is supposed to have had killed,by all accounts he was as bad as whatisname

good riddence to all like him.

 

[Ernest]

could do a job for us

 

[Uncle C]

as did the person he is supposed to have had killed,by all accounts he was as bad as whatisname

good riddence to all like him.

Yep someone will catch NVH up a dark alley one day. Plenty of people hate him.