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Mother ‘sold her twins to pay for liposuction’(Belgium)
The Times (UK) ^ | December 14, 2008 | Nicola Smith

Posted on 12/14/2008 1:48:52 PM PST by IbJensen

A mother has been accused of selling newborn twin boys for £9,000 to pay for cosmetic surgery. Sonia Ringoir, a 31-year-old restaurant worker from the Belgian tourist haven of Ghent, was arrested and charged last week after the allegations were made by her estranged husband.

Marc Poppe, 48, told an undercover reporter for Dutch television that Ringoir had sold the babies to a friend to fund liposuction, the fat removal procedure. He said the couple had searched the internet to find a quick way of making money: “It was financially attractive to us. Of course we wouldn’t do it for nothing.”

Since Belgium has no law banning the sale of children, Ringoir has been charged with “degrading treatment” of the twins. She has also been charged with fraud after a Dutch couple alleged she had conned them by falsely offering to be a surrogate mother. If convicted, she could face between one month and five years in jail.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: belgium; unfitmother
The only sign of life was her new boyfriend, Mitch, who stood smoking by the back door. He refused to comment.

It would be great if authorities could take the children away from this sow. The 'boyfriend' will end up burning the kids with his smoking materials.

1 posted on 12/14/2008 1:48:52 PM PST by IbJensen
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To: IbJensen

Lunatic fringe, we all know you’re out there...


2 posted on 12/14/2008 1:50:44 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (appeasement is collaboration.)
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To: IbJensen

Aren’t the twins at least somewhat responsible for the fact she needs liposuction in the first place?


3 posted on 12/14/2008 1:51:42 PM PST by Krankor (Vitajex, what ya doin' to me)
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To: IbJensen

Well, this makes perfectr sense. After all, there is no such thing as a fat MILF. We all know that. </sarcasm>.


4 posted on 12/14/2008 1:52:24 PM PST by stevem
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To: the invisib1e hand

Miserable fat Belgian bastards.


5 posted on 12/14/2008 1:53:20 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: IbJensen

Let me be the first to note that this situation sucks.


6 posted on 12/14/2008 1:54:58 PM PST by redpoll
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To: the invisib1e hand
Lunatic fringe, we all know you’re out there...

This stuff goes on all the time, maybe not the liposuction, but women sell babies all the time. People advertise wanting to buy them.

7 posted on 12/14/2008 1:55:13 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: IbJensen

This, and I Can’t sell my nephew for 5 bucks.

Jokes aside, she belongs in prison.


8 posted on 12/14/2008 1:57:20 PM PST by ChetNavVet (Build It, and they won't come!)
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I need to know the total number of pounds liposuckted before I can make a reasonable assessment of the situation. It’s the engineer/mathematician in me.


9 posted on 12/14/2008 1:57:28 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: org.whodat

So, who’s worse, the buyer or the seller- and why?


10 posted on 12/14/2008 1:57:40 PM PST by Krankor (Vitajex, what ya doin' to me)
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To: gorush

I’d say the weight of the average human brain but she’s proven she doesn’t have one


11 posted on 12/14/2008 2:04:41 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Krankor

Exactly my thought. Perhaps it is they who should be facing charges.


12 posted on 12/14/2008 2:06:17 PM PST by IbJensen (The fat lady has sung and it was awful. Coming up: Maya Angelou!)
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13 posted on 12/14/2008 2:10:37 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: IbJensen

My dad told me that they got me at Sears. Lifetime return policy.


14 posted on 12/14/2008 2:13:45 PM PST by Seven plus One
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To: Krankor
Never said and I have no ideal! In either case, do you??
15 posted on 12/14/2008 2:15:46 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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Mother ‘sold her twins to pay for liposuction’(Belgium

If indeed this story is true...I have one thing to say: “This woman may have given birth but...she is NOT the someone special it takes to be a mother.”

I hope these two babies can go be with people who are not selfish and will give them a good, loving home.


16 posted on 12/14/2008 2:30:22 PM PST by cubreporter
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Bet she wishes she had triplets. Then she could have gotten her nose fixed too...


17 posted on 12/14/2008 2:32:58 PM PST by tips up
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Wow the babies lucked out! She is not mom material.


18 posted on 12/14/2008 2:37:36 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Seven plus One

My dad told me I was a Blue Light Special at K-Mart


19 posted on 12/14/2008 2:55:47 PM PST by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: IbJensen

I wonder about whether or not this whole deal is truly immoral. There is also the mention of 5 other children she has by other men. She got rid of two babies she didn’t want without killing them, they got a loving home that wanted them, and they aren’t being stuck as the 6th and 7th children of a woman who can’t keep her life or legs together.
The Belgian government should tie her tubes, run checks and try to keep the kids in the adoptive home, and get on with life.


20 posted on 12/14/2008 4:19:43 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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