Court orders return of inheritance in Chris Grinwis poisoning case

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A court in Den Bosch ruled that the daughter of Yvon K. must return €227,000 from an inheritance to the state. It found her guilty of laundering money that may have come from crime, ruling that she should have suspected the cash, found in her mother’s safe, had a criminal origin.

She received no punishment because of the exceptional emotional circumstances, the low risk of reoffending and the loss of the money itself. K., who was suspected of poisoning her partner Chris Grinwis for his inheritance, died before the court could rule in her case. The daughter had previously reached an agreement with Grinwis’s relatives concerning another part of the inheritance.

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