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Bankrobber Itemizes Cost Of Gun (Fox News)
Posted by Ed and Lois
Crime may not pay in the Netherlands, but it is deductible.
A bank robber in the southern Dutch town of Chaam (search) was able to subtract the cost of his gun from his fine, the Daily Telegraph of London reported.
The unnamed stickup man, 46, managed to convince a criminal court in Breda, near the Belgian border, that the $2,600 he spent on his pistol was a legitimate business expense.
The judge accordingly reduced the amount of restitution from $8,750, the amount stolen from the bank, to $6,150, before sentencing the robber to four years in prison earlier this week.
“You can compare criminal acts to normal business activities, where you must invest to make profits, and thus you have costs,” explained Leendert de Lange, a spokesman for the national prosecutor’s office.