93-year-old Belgian diplomat finally on trial - Liepāja pensioners feel young again
While a Brussels court tries to figure out a 64-year-old crime, pensioners by Lake Liepāja think it's never too late to start a new life.
A Brussels court has decided to judge 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat Davignon for his involvement in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961. Yes, that's right - 63 years after the crime! While Riga is still debating whether 30-year-old cases are too old, Belgium proves that justice has no expiration date.
Local Liepāja pensioners have received this news with enthusiasm. "If he can still be tried at 93, then at 78 I can try to learn how to use a computer," says Anna from the Lake Liepāja area, who until now insisted that the internet is a source of evil.
Davignon, who was once a European Commissioner, is the only suspect still alive in this case. His lawyers probably hope that the judges will have trouble remembering what happened last week, let alone the 1960s.
Lumumba's great-grandson acknowledges this is "another step toward achieving justice." Meanwhile, by Lake Liepāja, the elderly residents quietly agree - if you can get justice after 63 years, then maybe their neighbor will finally pay back that three-ruble debt from 1987.
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