dougdeep
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It did use to be one of his hangouts.
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Nicholas van Hoogstraten
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It did use to be one of his hangouts.
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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I have met him, a very vile man. Good business man though, evne if he did it in a horrible way...
His brother on the other hand is a very nice chap.
His brother on the other hand is a very nice chap.
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maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
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six foot six an 100 tons the undisputable king of the slums
[oh bugger should a read all the thread]
And just about to take the stage
the one only hold the front page
[oh bugger should a read all the thread]
And just about to take the stage
the one only hold the front page
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sod1
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Last i heard he was banged up in Zimbabwe for currency violations
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Hang outs? Hang outs? The bloke owns the place.
Lord Bracknell
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No longer the case.
And he's now changed his name to Adolph von Hessen. I guess this appeals more to his core customers.
Zimbabwe court clears Nicholas van Hoogstraten of porn and currency charges - Times Online
July 3, 2009
Zimbabwe court clears Nicholas van Hoogstraten of porn and currency charges
Nicholas van Hoogstraten, the British property tycoon who became a friend of President Mugabe, has had charges of illegal currency dealing and possession of pornography dismissed by a Zimbabwe court.
Mr van Hoogstraten, who is said to own more than 200 properties in Harare, was allegedly caught by police in January 2008 demanding rent from his tenants in US dollars rather than Zimbabwean dollars, as required by law. When police raided his home in the Emerald Hill area of the Zimbabwean capital, they found hundreds of photographs of naked women in what they said were “indecent poses”. Mr van Hoogstraten, 64, appeared in many of the pictures.
He was held in custody for five nights but released on bail. The case came to trial this week but the magistrate, Morgen Nemadire, said that police had bungled the pornography case by seizing the pictures without a search warrant. “They were illegally obtained, which rendered the pictures inadmissible in court,” he said.
Mr van Hoogstraten was cleared on the illegal currency dealing charge because police were not able to produce the officer who had allegedly caught him. The magistrate ordered that the tycoon's photograph collection be destroyed.
Mr van Hoogstraten, who has changed his name by deed poll to Adolph von Hessen, has been a generous contributor to Mr Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party and has bought into several large state-owned companies.
In Britain he was sentenced to ten years in jail for ordering the killing in 2002 of a business rival, Mohammed Raja, but was later released when his sentence was overturned on appeal.
He was ordered to pay £6 million in compensation to the family of the dead man but said that they would “never get a penny”.
In 1990 he fought a lengthy battle with the local ramblers’ association to stop them walking across his now-abandoned estate in Sussex and blocked the paths with razor wire and discarded refrigerators.
Lord Bracknell
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Careful, Tim! You can get into trouble when you accuse Nicholas Hoogstraten of things that aren't true.
The Argus reported in 2003 that he didn't own Courtlands.
The Argus - News, Sport, Brighton and Hove Albion and Entertainment for Brighton, Hove and Sussex - Hoogstraten: My life in prison
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Ok Ed. I sleep with the old meat clever tonight.
He was quite a dandy in his day though.
Stevie Boy
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watched over the years whats been going on there as i lived on his doorstep and my parents still do, the old place was an old mansion which was used as a nursing home or something like that, mysteryisly burnt down and than put that thing up, planning permission isnt a problem with Wealden District Council if you have a big brown envolope with cash in it,
Lord Bracknell
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If you play your cards right, Edna, you might hit lucky.
http://www.seekingmillionaire.com/United%20Kingdom/East%20Sussex/Uckfield/
simonsimon
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- Dec 31, 2004
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"planning permission isnt a problem with Wealden District Council if you have a big brown envolope with cash in it, "
Quoted by Stevie Boy
The same applies to WORTHING BOROUGH COUNCIL
Past & Present.
Quoted by Stevie Boy
The same applies to WORTHING BOROUGH COUNCIL
Past & Present.
seagurn
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As its a Palace i don't think you need planning permision as long as it meets certain criteria ....
Made his 1st Million selling/buying stamps and before that worked the cruise ships.....
Owned most of Framfield road ,Uckfield by the time he aws 30 and 10 properties in lewes High St!
Keep your stamps!!
Made his 1st Million selling/buying stamps and before that worked the cruise ships.....
Owned most of Framfield road ,Uckfield by the time he aws 30 and 10 properties in lewes High St!
Keep your stamps!!
Laughing Gravy
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I saw him shopping wuth his missus in the big Tesco at Lewes a few months back.
Last place i would expect to see him
Last place i would expect to see him
grummitts gloves
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Could be worse, he could be our chairman!!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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On the plus side, the stadium application wouldn't have gone to even a second enquiry, the objections would have magically disappeared - one way or another. But on the minus side we'd have ended up with an 'emissary of Beelzebub' as chairman
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Mind you, the Emissary Of Beelzebub Stadium has a certain ring to it 
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Well that sort of thing never happens in Brighton I can't imagine either Mears or Theobald accepting a brown envelope nor would they have tea with at the Grand with Tim Sainsbury.
grummitts gloves
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On the plus side, the stadium application wouldn't have gone to even a second enquiry, the objections would have magically disappeared - one way or another. But on the minus side we'd have ended up with an 'emissary of Beelzebub' as chairman
Perhaps even the objectors would have magically disappeared. Might have done the people of Lewes a favour though as well
