The Citizen, 1989-12-22, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1989.
Henschel pleads guilty
to theft. Sentencing Feb. 5
February 5 has been set for the
sentencing of Klaus Henschel,
former owner of Brussels Stock-
yards after he pleaded guilty
Tuesday to charges of theft and
fraud in connection with the bank
ruptcy of the company in 1988.
The original 15 counts of theft
and fraud laid after Mr. Henschel
and his family disappeared from
their Brussels home October 24,
1988 were combined into two
charges, one for the theft of cattle
valued at $685,000 and another for
the theft of money from the
Brussels business in the amount of
$104,330. Charges against Kirstin
Henschel, originally jointly charg
ed in the crimes, were dropped by
Crown Attorney Robert Morris.
Mr. Morris read a 15-page
information document to the court
outlining the events leading up to
and following the crime. When he
realized he couldn’t make enough
money from operating the Stock-
yards to pay his debt, Mr. Hen
schel concocted a scheme to order
cattle from western Canadian pro
ducers for Brussels Stockyards
Limited and resell them through a
fictitious company Oxford Live
stock. He enlisted the assistance of
a cousin Juergen Buettemeyer to
help pull off the scheme and later
three men from Germany also
became involved in trying to get
the money from the proceeds of the
sale out of Canada and into a Swiss
bank account.
The scheme was tripped up when
the western cattlemen, especially
Paul Ripley of Southwest Livestock
of Alameda, Saskatchewan arrived
in Brussels October 22, 1988 to
complain that he hadn’t been paid
for the cattle ordered. Mr. Hen
schel was not home but Mrs.
Henschel said her husband was in
hospital in London and would meet
with him the following Monday,
October 24 to iron out the prob
lems. Mr. Henschel phoned Mr.
Ripley twice over the weekend to
assure him they would meet on the
Monday.
But over the weekend Mr. Buett
emeyer took a truck to Brussels to
load up the family’s belongings.
The couple flew out of Canada on
October 24 to Germany via Amster
dam. Employees arriving at the
Stockyard office in Brussels Mon
day morning found the safe had
been tampered with and jammed.
When it was opened the next day it
was found the proceeds of the
Friday sale had disappeared.
Quick action by authorities pre-
vented the money from being
transferred out of Canada and court
action later recovered money. The
company was put into bankruptcy
but with the seizure of the money
and the sale of the Stockyard
buildings and land, all but about
three per cent of the money was
recovered.
Defence Attorney Fletcher Daw
son agreed with most of the facts in
Mr. Morris’ brief with minor
revisions. He pointed out that Mr.
Henschel had returned to Canada
voluntarily and turned himself in.
He also pointed out that the loss to
the businesses involved was rela
tively minor, about the same as
losses they could normally expect
as a cost of doing business.
Mr. Dawson asked for prepara
tion of a presentence report before
sentencing took place and Judge
R.G.E. Hunter set the February 5
date for sentencing.
(For a more complete account of
the events see the January 3 issue
of The Citizen.)
Murray, Maria & Gwen
Maitland Valley Insurance
Brokers Ltd.
Morris man killed Tuesday
in crash near Belgrave
A 65-year-old Morris Township
man is dead following a two vehicle
accident that occurred on Cone. 4-5
at sideroad 15-16 about 6 kilomet
res east of Belgrave on Tuesday
afternoon.
According to Wingham OPP the
victim, Robert Milton Fraser of RR
5, Brussels was southbound on
15-16 at an unknown speed when
he failed to yield at the intersect
ion. He was struck on the passen
ger's side by a Culligan truck
driven by Frank Leishman, 43, of
Dashwood. Mr. Leishman was
eastboung at a stated speed of
75-80 kilometres an hour when the
accident occurred. Both vehicles
travelled into the south ditch upon
impact.
Police stated that Mr. Fraser was
dead at the scene. Mr. Leishman
and a passenger in the truck,
James Leishman of Morris Town
ship were taken by ambulance to
Wingham and District Hospital.
There was no report on their
condition available at press time.
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will be no issue between Christmas
and New Year’s.
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appear on January 3 as usual. Our
offices will be open Dec. 28 and 29
to accept news and advertising for
this issue. The deadline for the
issue will be 4 p.m. on Dec. 29.
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