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Trials
Hearings, judgments and appeals reported in the Belgian press, with no matching event in the events register. A court step is never a new event: it is not added to any total.
For each step: the date of the hearing or judgment when the article gives it, otherwise the article’s date; the decision as reported by the press; the sources with their publication date.
Court proceedings: never counted in the totals or shown on the map. No names are published. A defendant or accused person is presumed innocent until finally convicted.
Trials without an event(22)
Charleroi
Judgment · 23/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Cocaine and heroin dealing in Parc Hiernaux (upper town). After several police surveillance operations, one defendant was arrested on 21 April and several hundred grams of drugs were seized in a search. One of the two defendants admitted the sales but denied acting as a group; the other denied any link to the trade.
Decision as reported by the press: Prison sentences of one year and eighteen months, fully suspended for five years.
Anhée
Judgment · 22/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Dinant
€15,000 fraud against a dental practice, paid into an account that was not its supplier's. The defendant was convicted by default; he can lodge an objection.
Decision as reported by the press: 20 months in prison (default judgment)
- L'Avenir, published on 22/10/2026 15:00
Arlon
Judgment · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel d'Arlon
Robbery of the Quick restaurant in Weyler by two people (€170 taken according to the article). The only defendant was acquitted on the benefit of the doubt; prosecutors had sought three years.
Decision as reported by the press: Acquitted on the benefit of the doubt
- L'Avenir, published on 22/10/2026 06:00
Beloeil
Hearing · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel
Woman hit by a car on rue d'Ath. The defendant, prosecuted for attempted murder, denies intent; the defence asks for the charge to be reduced to unintentional injury. Prosecutors sought five years.
Next announced step: 26/11/2026
Bernissart
Hearing · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel
Feud between two families in Blaton: about ten defendants. The main one, prosecuted for attempted murder, allegedly drove into people three times; according to his defence, he admits the facts. Prosecutors sought seven years against him and lighter sentences for the others.
Next announced step: 26/11/2026
Charleroi
Hearing · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Wallet stolen in Marcinelle during a TikTok livestream; weapons and ammunition were also found. The defendant does not dispute the facts but denies using violence. Prosecutors sought ten months, fully suspended; the defence asks for the charge to be reduced to simple theft.
Next announced step: 12/11/2026
Chaumont-Gistoux
Judgment · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel de Nivelles
Domestic violence. The defendant, tried in his absence (on the run according to the article), was prosecuted for threats, harassment, voyeurism and assault on his partner. The court acquitted him of voyeurism and convicted him of the rest; prosecutors had sought three years.
Decision as reported by the press: 30 months in prison and €2,489 in damages to his former partner; continued detention ordered
- L'Avenir, published on 22/10/2026 07:13
Houyet
Hearing · 22/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel
Stopped on the N911 after fleeing at 212 km/h (according to the article), a defendant is prosecuted for possession of drugs as part of a group (ecstasy, cocaine, cannabis). Prosecutors sought 40 months, possibly suspended on probation; the defence argues for community service.
Next announced step: 19/11/2026
- L'Avenir, published on 22/10/2026 17:09
Mouscron
Hearing · 22/10/2026 (date of the article) · Tribunal correctionnel
Night-time brawl on the Grand-Place: four defendants, one prosecuted for attempted murder, who denies intent to kill. One victim was seriously injured according to the article. Prosecutors sought seven years against him and six months to three years against the others.
Next announced step: 26/11/2026
Namur
Hearing · 22/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Namur
Cocaine and cannabis dealing around rue Rogier. Three defendants in their twenties appeared; prosecutors sought four years in prison for each. All three asked the court for leniency.
Next announced step: 19/11/2026
- L'Avenir, published on 22/10/2026 17:27
Namur
Hearing · 22/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Namur
Shooting in the Saint-Servais district: a house front was hit by 21 bullets, with no one injured, against a backdrop of drug trafficking according to RTBF. Thirteen defendants, most of them from Brussels, are appearing. At the introductory hearing, held in the assize courtroom, the court set the schedule: the trial will start on 1 February 2027.
Next announced step: 01/02/2027
- RTBF, published on 23/10/2026 12:14
Charleroi
Judgment · 14/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Robbery of a shop and theft of a vehicle by breaking in. The absent defendant was convicted by default.
Decision as reported by the press: 5 years in prison (default judgment)
Hearing · 21/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Following an objection, the case was heard again. The defendant does not dispute taking part; prosecutors propose a suspended sentence while confirming the penalty.
Next announced step: 04/11/2026
La Louvière
Other step · 21/10/2026 · Cour de cassation
Strépy-Bracquegnies tragedy: a car ploughed into a group of Gilles during the ramassage des soumonces carnival procession, killing seven people. The Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal of the accused, convicted in June 2026 by the Hainaut assize court of seven murders and 79 attempted murders. The conviction is final on the criminal side; the civil claims remain to be dealt with.
Decision as reported by the press: 27 years' imprisonment, now final.
Next announced step: 12/11/2026
Uccle
Hearing · 20/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel francophone de Bruxelles
Abduction that began in Uccle: according to witnesses, four people armed with machetes struck a person on the head and forced them into a car boot; the police chase ended in Le Roeulx. Four defendants, held in custody. One of them was not brought from prison because of staff shortages for transfers: the hearing was postponed to 3 November.
Next announced step: 03/11/2026
Fleurus
Other step · 16/10/2026 (date of the article) · Cour de cassation
Alleged rapes of a minor, notably in Fleurus, and false medical prescriptions, according to the prosecution. The defendant was sentenced to eight years by the Charleroi criminal court in January 2026; on appeal, the Mons court dropped several charges and imposed five years suspended on probation. The Court of Cassation quashed that ruling; according to the article, the case will be retried before the Liège court of appeal.
- L'Avenir, published on 16/10/2026 16:44
Charleroi
Hearing · 15/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Domestic violence: the defendant, in custody, is prosecuted for extortion, violent theft, assault and harassment of his partner, later former partner. Placed under alternative measures with a no-contact order, he repeatedly came to her home according to the article. He admits only the harassment. Prosecutors sought one year, suspended; the defence asks for a simple suspended sentence. Judgment announced for early November.
- L'Avenir, published on 15/10/2026 20:00
Charleroi
Judgment · 14/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
A customer was attacked outside a café on rue du Commerce by five people armed with iron bars; the seriously injured victim survived. Three of the five attackers stood trial for attempted murder, carrying an iron bar, cocaine possession and illegal stay. The court found intent to kill, which the defendants disputed.
Decision as reported by the press: Six years in prison for each of the three defendants; immediate arrest ordered
Waremme
Appeal · 13/10/2026 (date of the article) · Cour d'appel de Liège
Assault on a woman behind a restaurant on rue Saint-Éloi: two blows to the head with a blunt object. At first instance, after an objection, the court had found assault and battery (four years in prison, half suspended); a second defendant received ten months. The court of appeal finds intent to kill. The defence is considering an appeal to the Court of Cassation.
Decision as reported by the press: Five years in prison (attempted murder)
Bruxelles
Other step · 07/10/2026 (date of the article) · Cour d'assises et tribunal correctionnel de Bruxelles
Terrorist attack in the Sainctelette district: two Swedish football supporters killed, a third seriously injured. The gunman died during his arrest the next day. According to the article, two alleged accomplices have been sent to the Brussels assize court (murder and attempted murder in a terrorist context, and for one of them participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); three other people have been sent to the criminal court for possessing and attempting to sell weapons.
Next announced step: 08/10/2026
- DH, published on 07/10/2026 07:17
Hearing · 08/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Bruxelles
Weapons strand of the case linked to the attack. Three defendants (one absent) are prosecuted for possessing alarm pistols converted into semi-automatic weapons and for attempting to sell weapons. According to the prosecution, none of them knew of the attack plan; one was cleared of involvement in the attack itself (RTBF). Prosecutors sought three years, two years and one year in prison; the defence of two defendants asks for community service. According to RTBF, the two accused sent to the assize court will be tried next May.
Next announced step: 12/11/2026
Seraing
Hearing · 08/10/2026 · Cour d'assises de Liège
A 44-year-old man died after a violent attack by four youths, minors at the time, motivated by robbery. Only the accused, a minor at the time and now 23, was sent to adult court (transfer from youth court); he has confessed. The advocate general asked for a guilty verdict for robbery aggravated by murder; the defence disputes neither guilt nor the charge. The verdict was expected that evening according to the article.
- DH, published on 08/10/2026 15:00
Charleroi
Judgment · 07/10/2026 · Tribunal correctionnel de Charleroi
Knife attack on boulevard Paul Janson, filmed and posted on TikTok, and, for the main defendant, shots fired at a man in Marchienne-au-Pont on 30 June. Four defendants, one tried in his absence. The court reclassified the second attempted murder as threats by gesture.
Decision as reported by the press: Main defendant: seven years in prison. The others: 125 hours of community service, two years in prison in absentia, a three-year simple suspension of sentence
- L'Avenir, published on 07/10/2026 17:00
Onhaye
Other step · 07/10/2026 · Chambre des mises en accusation de Liège
A father and his young child were found dead on 24 August, on either side of the N97 road. A suspect born in 2001, arrested on 17 September in Charleroi, was held for selling drugs with the aggravating circumstance of having caused the father's death. The indictment chamber dropped that aggravating circumstance; according to his lawyer he is still charged with selling drugs. Pre-trial step.
- DH, published on 08/10/2026 14:11
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Bruxelles
Other step · 19/10/2026 (date of the article) · Parquet de Bruxelles (transaction, sans procès) · to be reviewed
During the national tribute at the Cinquantenaire, a man gave the finger to police officers. After a night in a cell, he settled with the prosecutor's office (according to SudInfo, quoted by DH).
Decision as reported by the press: €6,000 fine (settlement with the prosecutor's office)
- DH, published on 19/10/2026 19:13