All 20 athletes competing in the Belgian bodybuilding
championships in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, made a run for it at the first
sight of the Flemish anti doping agency on Sunday, May 17. Over 300 spectators
left disappointed.

The country’s police have not issued a
single honour to any officers in more than eight years. A new department has
been created to clear the 47,000 un-issued medals and certificates. The mess
stems from the major reform of the police force in 2001 as no one knew who was
eligible and everyone was too busy with other business, according to a
spokesman.

Six courthouses have jumped the gun on the
ongoing modernisation of the justice bureaucracy by deciding to allow lawyers
to submit some documents using fax machines. The justice system’s planned
digital upgrade is years overdue.

A Charleroi man was sentenced to six months in jail
and received an 18-month suspended sentence for killing three after running a
red light while intoxicated and on drugs. The driver first insisted that he was
being chased at the time, but a police patrol that happened to witness the
accident refuted the claim. He then said that he was simply in a hurry to get
home. He was also banned from driving for five years.

Schaerbeek social services came under fire
after it emerged that they apparently recommended and helped married people
file for separation in order to claim more in benefits. Benefits are generally
higher for separated couples. An investigation started into some 15 cases after
a local judge revealed that half of the separation procedures he dealt with
were supported by documentation apparently dictated by social security workers.