Posted on 01/25/2005 7:21:10 PM PST by ijcr
A bank robber has been allowed to claim the £1,400 cost of the gun he used as a legitimate business expense.
The 46-year-old criminal was able to set the price of the pistol against his gross proceeds of £4,700, which he stole in the southern Dutch town of Chaam.
Jailing him for four years, the judge at Breda criminal court reduced his fine by that amount.
The Dutch prosecutors' service said yesterday that the judge had followed sound legal precedents.
Leendert De Lange, a spokesman, said: "You can compare criminal acts to normal business activities, where you must invest to make profits, and thus you have costs."
Therefore drug dealers would be within their rights to claim the cost of a car used to ferry the drugs around, he said.
However, Mr De Lange scoffed at the hypothetical example of a drugs dealer claiming his Ferrari against the proceeds of his crimes.
"No, he would have to prove that he needed the car to transport the drugs and I hardly think he would transport them in a Ferrari."
What a shit..looking over your shoulder..life to lead.
Who would want it?
Not me.
No amount of money pays for peace of mind, and conscience free sleep.
1. You gotta be kidding me?
2. About $2800 American for a gun? (Assuming it's 1400 pounds) And used in a crime????
If I was going to spend that much, I'd save a little more and get the Barrett .50 BMG.
Exactly. Plus, using inferior tools show a lack of respect for the craft ;)
Beat me to it.
The best pistol IMO I've ever shot I was told runs about $750(400 pounds). It was a Dan Wesson 1911 - and I nearly bullseyed everything the first time I shot it.
Too bad I can't afford it, but that's another story.
If you live in a country (state) where guns are illegal, you have to pay through the nose to criminal sources and smugglers.
This HK is for sale in the U.S. It costs $1,649.99, before shipping. I went shopping for high end 1911s (Kimbers) and they had prices in the same range.
It really depends on the gun you're looking for. But I'm sure the black market factor is part of it.
I would wonder, "What planet am I on?"
Yea, but shouldn't the robber amortize the cost of the gun over its useful life? He shouldn't be able to expense it the first year when he could still be robbing with it decades from now.
Sheesh! Incredible stupidity. Glad I live in Texas.
Van Gogh would be......
- No wait, they killed him too -
Ping
Actualy a simular case was made public over 10 years ago, when it became evident that drug-dealers deducted the costs of owning an illegal gun from their taxes. Guess we will never learn over here.
Some of us have hope.
"If I was going to spend that much, I'd save a little more and get the Barrett .50 BMG."
Yeah I cold see a Bank Robber pulling that out of his pocket :-)
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