Sentences handed out in French horse meat trial
A number of people have been sentenced for their roles in a network that sold horse meat that could have been unfit to eat.
A total of 15 people from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands were sentenced at a Marseille court this past week in a case that began in June 2022, according to French media reports.
Belgian horse trader, Jean-Marc Decker, received four years in prison, two of which were suspended. He was also fined €100,000 ($108,000) and banned from having a job in the horse meat sector for five years.
Stijn De Visscher, a Dutch horse trader, was given the same jail sentence but a fine of €75,000 ($81,200) for his part in the events that occurred between 2010 and 2015.
Georges Gonzales, manager of the company Equi’d Sud, got four years in jail, three of which were suspended. He was fined €75,000 ($81,200) and stopped from working in the horse meat industry for five years.
A dozen other people received suspended sentences and fines of up to €30,000 ($32,500) while three defendants were cleared of all charges.
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