Marc Metdepenningen (16 February 1958 – 8 November 2020) was a Belgian journalist.

Career

He began working for ''

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'' in 1984 and specialized in criminal affairs. He notably covered the Dutroux Affair and

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. He also unveiled the fraudulent case of

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. Throughout his career, he covered numerous criminal and civil cases. He also served as President of the Journalistes du journal ''Le Soir''. Marc Metdepenningen died in

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on 8 November 2020 at the age of 62.

Publications

*''Les grands dossiers criminels en Belgique'' (2005) *''Crimes & châtiments dans l'histoire judiciaire belge'' (2019)

References

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