Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Bakelmans


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The result was speedy redirect to Death of Julie Van Espen. Per WP:BLP1E and WP:BLPCRIME (non-admin closure) Linguist111 my talk page 20:09, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Steve Bakelmans

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Notable for one crime that he may not have even committed, fails a number of polices. mmited, not notable.Slatersteven (talk) 08:29, 18 May 2019 (UTC) Slatersteven (talk) 08:29, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 08:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 08:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

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Serial offender, confessed to the crime in Julie van Espen's case even though not convicted yet, has been convicted in multiple other crimes, including another rape case. The Julie van Espen case sparked outrage in Belgium.

The Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens said on May 7, 2019 in a statement released by his cabinet that Steve B, before murdering Julie, had served 4 and a half years in prison for a series of offences including the rape of a woman. Geens explained that in 2016 Steve B was again committed for theft and rape, for which he spent two and a half months in detention awaiting trial. Geens offered his sympathies to Julie Van Espen's family, and expressed regret over the matter. He explained that Antwerp's correctional courts sentenced Steve B. to 4 more years imprisonment, but that he was not immediately arrested because he appealed his case. 1. On the day Julie was found murdered (May 6 2019), Steve B confessed he killed her. 2

On May 6, 2019, Steve B was arrested by the police in Leuven and confessed to killing Julie Van Espen. The police were able to arrest him after they published CCTV images of him, asking the public for information and the wherabouts of an "important witness" in Julie's case. However, he had been the prime suspect since the beginning, since he was filmed carrying Van Espen's bicycle basket. The police removed the bicycle basket from the CCTV image when they released it. 2

PhotoandGrime (Pieke Roelofs) (talk) 13:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * People have confessed to crimes they have no committed before, he is innocent until proven guilty. Even if found guilty he is not notable enough (as a criminal) to have his own page.Slatersteven (talk) 13:27, 18 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge with Julie Van Espen and rename to Death of Julie Van Espen. I think the case itself is interesting; the handling of the case has led to severe criticism of justice minister Koen Geens, including calls for his resignation and in the aftermath of the murder there has been proposed legislature demanding safe cycle paths, including CCTV cameras and better lighting. The case also sparked protests (a protest?), and the suspect could definitely be a part of the article, since he's a person of interest in the investigation and he confessed to the crime. But the suspect himself is not notable enough to have his own page. Alex.osheter (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2019 May 18.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 19:26, 18 May 2019 (UTC)


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