Live. Court of Appeal is considering lawsuit against Schild & Vrienden and Dries van Langenhove (Ghent)

At the start of the hearing, all civil parties had asked the court to postpone the case. She blamed the defense of Dries van Langenhove a 'deloyal attitude'. As usual in large processes, a conclusion calendar was determined between the different parties. Arguments are put on paper in this.

One-sided
In his first conclusion before the Court of Appeal, Rieder stated that the evidence « was fully unilaterally selected and delivered » was by the VRT. Van Langenhove's lawyer asked the Ghent Court of Appeal to declare the criminal claim inadmissible, because the data collected from Schild & Vrienden Discord and Facebook would be « unreliable and uncontrollable ». Rieder also asked that the Court of Appeal would declare itself unauthorized to take note of the civil claims, so that no one would receive compensation.

150 pages
The other parties could respond to that, but the defense had the last word as usual and made a conclusion of 150 pages last Friday. According to a few civil parties, Rieder developed an abundance of new arguments, such as asking questions preliminarily, the extraction of certain documents and previous statements by Van Langenhove.