Gravenwezel Castle was bought by Axel Vervoordt in 1984:
https://www.castles.nl/gravenwezel-castle
In 1983 the last baroness Gillês de Pélichy died and her heirs decided to sell the castle. So, in 1984 the castle was bought by the Antwerp art and antique dealer and collector Axel Vervoordt. He uses the castle for exhibitions and as his residence. He has entertained lots of famous people in this castle such as members of the Belgian and Dutch royal families as well as the pop star Sting.
Mr. Vervoordt used to open his castle to the public two times a year. When I visited I was stunned by the beautiful interiors in the castle, really a must-see. Alas, it was not permitted to take pictures inside the castle due to insurance terms. At present this castle residence can not be visited.
Regina Louf pointed out wherabouts (owned by the Caters family) attached to Axel Vervoordt castle/property,- as place where she was forced to murder Katrien De Cuyper:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_ ... _De_Cuyper She disappeared in 1991, and was found dead in 1992.
Letters to Blik and Regina Louf confession
A month after De Cuyper's body was found, weekly magazine Blik [nl] received a letter from an anonymous sender claiming that they had given her a lift after she missed her bus the night she disappeared.[4][8] The following October, Blik received another letter from the same sender, as did De Cuyper's parents the month after.[4] In February 1997, Regina Louf (also known in Belgium as "Witness X1") wrote a letter to police confessing to killing De Cuyper.[9] Louf said that De Cuyper had been held in a castle north of Antwerp in which children would be raped, tortured and killed by what Louf described as a "paedophile network", and that she had been ordered to kill the teenager during an orgy.[9][10] No concrete evidence was found to support Louf's testimony.[9]
Here it is mentioned that police distracted from location owned by the Caters family pointed out by Regina Louf and turned attention on Axel's castle:
Axel and the BOB
June 29, 2001
As we already wrote (see "The return of the ghosts" of June 6 and "Amy said" of June 26), the American art journalist Amy Page was until recently a child at the castle of the Belgian art dealer Axel Vervoort. And that for years and years. This was also the case when, on New Year's Eve 1996/1997, she came to meet Michel van Rijn in Rome to her outpourings about Axel's close encounters with boys between six and twelve years old. In May of this year she adjusted the image of that time and said that Axel had given up those practices for years and had become a real pater familias. For years? How many years? Maybe celebrate? In February 1997 - well over a month after Amy's revelations in Harry's Bar - Regina Louf (X1) told something for the first time about the murder of Katrien de Cuyper in a castle near Antwerp.On March 1, Regina went in search of that castle with a BOB team. They lost their way, but after a hint (!) From one of the detectives, they found a castle in 's Gravenwezel. The property of a baron, whose name had come into the picture earlier during the Dutroux investigation. "Here it is," Regina is said to have said. But the BOB team did not react to this and turned its attention to the adjacent castle of Axel Vervoort, which did meet the description of Regina. Because it was an open day at Axel, the team, accompanied by Regina, went to have a look there and then determined that details from Regina's statement were not valid.They went back to their office without being successful and informed carefully selected journalists what Regina had said about the castle and that she should be out of her mind. X-1 was ably burnt off further.
Based on this state of affairs, a few questions arise: Did the team know, according to the hint, which castle was involved thanks to the gossip circuit to which Amy also belonged? Why was there no attempt to investigate the baron's castle? Why in Axel's? Was that to keep the baron out of the picture or did the BOB issue a warning to Axel with that almost crazy visit that the mounting of boys had to be over? A warning that Axel apparently took to heart, as shown by Amy's statement. This story is not over yet.
Source:
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... -juni-2001
https://www.stelling.nl/kleintje/actuee ... -juni-2001
Furthermore the Caters family sold their property to Axel Vervoordt:
Can caters! (001)
JANUARY 04, 2016
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
In the past, we have often fought a shadow fight with, say, the largest antique slider annex interior regulator in Belgium: Axel Vervoordt. The son of a horse dealer, who for years has diligently surrounded himself with pop idols, tennis girls, scavengers from artistic circles, nouveau riche and (fi donc) lutes from the circles of Marquis de Canteclaer de Barneveld and higher. As long as they have money.
There was plenty of reason for that fairly constant attention. For example, friend Axel once quickly pushed away a painting from the Schloss collection, which had been looted by the Krauts, when the floor became too hot.
The latter was more common. Even literally, when en un momento dado an expensive French parquet floor was chipped from under Axel's ass, which gave off a slight scent of healing. And while we're on the subject of healing: Not so long ago, Axel bought through a German colleague a healing-smelling Egyptian tomb of the very wise Ali Aboutaam living in Switzerland, who still has fifteen years of credit in his native country due to illegal mega- trade in vulgarly stolen works of art and antiques.
And then of course there was Axel ?? s childhood love, which came to the surface thanks to a classic conversation between our London correspondent Michel van Rijn and the American journalist Amy Page during a party in Harry ?? s Bar in Rome. Via that link we ended up with witness X1, Regina Louf.
At the beginning of the years of investigation into the Dutroux and environs case, Regina, accompanied by a pair of mustaches from the BOB, paid a visit to Axel's castle in Gravenwezel, where an open day had just taken place. It would have been more or less a coincidence. They should have pointed to the neighbors at the Catershof, but the gate was closed there. According to Regina, children had been abused and murdered in the porter's house on the domain of Philippe de Caters, who was still living in Uccle at the time. And one of them would have been Katrien de Cuyper, who was later found murdered in the port of Antwerp. You would say open door, but the track was not or hardly exploited, because X1 made too many contradictory statements about it.
Still, it remains strange. All the more because a few weeks after that first visit to the Catershof cq. the open day at neighbor Axel's porter's house and surrounding land were taken over by the same art-loving childhood friend Vervoordt. The question is whether Philippe de Caters sold his property in a panic or whether the negotiations for the sale to Axel were well underway when Regina and the BOB rattled the gate. What can you do but ask? De Caters now lives somewhere in Spain, so we addressed the following email to our trusted Anne-Sophie Dusselier, the press secretary of Vervoordt:
" Dear Mrs. Dusselier,
On March 14, 1997, Mr. Vervoordt bought the porter's house and some surrounding land of the domain, located in Gravenwezel, from the De Caters family, in this case Philippe de Caters. For the purpose of a publication on this matter on our website, we would like to hear from you whether the aforementioned transaction was preceded by lengthy negotiations or whether the acquisition was reasonably rapid.
We would also like to know whether Mr Vervoordt had a commercial intention with the takeover and whether that intention has now been fulfilled ??.
Never shot, never red-hot pitch from the battlements. Stay tuned.
Source:
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 1136279009
https://www.stelling.nl/kleintje/actuee ... 1136279009
Further info on this and how Philippe de Caters would move out to other country:
Can caters! (002)
JANUARY 04, 2016
Friday, January 6, 2006
Just something for the record. Our information was that Philippe de Caters would live somewhere in Spain. But according to various Belgian sources, our Philippe would still live in Uccle.
One thing does not have to rule out the other, but if he is still in Brussels, the former owner of the porter's house that was sold to Vervoordt is in any case a bit easier to approach. We hope.
Speaking of the abode acquired by Axel in 1997: Katrien de Cuyper was last seen alive on December 17, 1991, and her body was found in the port of Antwerp on June 19, 1992. She had been strangled.
According to Regina Louf (witness X1), Katrien belonged to a group of children who were severely sexually assaulted in the porter's house. But as mentioned before, due to a number of contradictions in her statements, the grumbling mustaches and field guards working on the case could not make it praline and therefore very soon essentially dismissed the case. The question remains whether that was the only reason.
For example, would the law enforcement officers also have their notebook and pencil put away if they had heard that Norbert de Cuyper, Katrien's father, who was working as a butcher-cum-caterer at the time, would have delivered delicacies to the Catershof? And perhaps not personally to the owners of the property, but to BVBA Catershof, established at that address between February 12, 1991 and April 12, 1995.
What did that BV do? According to the Official Gazette, it organized seminars, business meetings, cultural events and parties. Furthermore, the BV could serve as a vehicle for the promotion of all kinds of merchandise and products, PR activities and the manufacture, wholesale, retail, import and export of all foodstuffs, dairy products, beverages, fruits and vegetables, colonial and overseas wares. And deliveries from butcher / caterer De Cuyper would fit in perfectly with the latter.
But there's more. Because the BV was also involved in the purchase and sale, transit and repairs of all electrical and electronic sound and image equipment. And then our thoughts suddenly turn to completely different things (1).
Who were these folks behind this BV, apparently at home in all markets? A Philippe Meeuwes from Brasschaat and a Benoit Guiette from Antwerp-Wilrijk. Philippe was known as a cook and as a director of companies and Guiette as an independent organizer.
If Regina's statements were correct, then this Philippe and Guiette would be the first to say something more about it. Have they ever been questioned? No. At least, as far as our sources can ascertain. The last word has not yet been said on this. Stay tuned.
Source:
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 1136539522
https://www.stelling.nl/kleintje/actuee ... 1136539522