CRIMES IN BELGIUM
ELEVEN ALLEGED MURDERS WOMAN BEFORE COURT liIEGrEj June 7 The trial has been begun of Madame Beckker, apparently a typical middleaged Belgian housewife, who is charged with 11 murders and five attempted murders. >
The prosecution alleged that th» money the woman extracted from her victims went to pander to the expensive tastes of herself and her lover. All the victims had lent her money or made wills in her favour after she had drugged them.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380609.2.104
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23059, 9 June 1938, Page 14
Word Count
78CRIMES IN BELGIUM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23059, 9 June 1938, Page 14
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.