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13 December 2003, 04:14 PM
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Van Hoogstraten 'joins Samaritans'
Mr Van Hoogstraten could talk you through your troubles
Suicidal people seeking a sympathetic ear could find notorious property baron Nicholas van Hoogstraten at the end of the line, according to a newspaper.
The millionaire, freed on appeal on Tuesday from a 10-year sentence for manslaughter, has joined the Samaritans, The Guardian reports.
"I am a good listener," says the man who described his tenants as "filth".
He gained his certificate, which allows him to apply for a post as a voluntary counsellor, while at Belmarsh prison.
Listening skills
HM Prison Service document 10380 states: "This is to certify that Nick van Hoogstraten has been trained by the Samaritans of Bexley/Bromley in listening and befriending skills at HM Prison Belmarsh."
The Samaritans says volunteers need a good listening ear and patience. Its website calls the work challenging and rewarding "knowing that you may have made a difference".
Samaritans are asked to have a good listening ear and patience
Mr van Hoostraten, 58, who served one year of a 10-year term, said he had helped a number of distressed fellow inmates by listening to them and offering legal advice, according to The Guardian.
Among the inmates the tycoon is said to have taken was a Jamaican Yardi, who was acquitted last month of a murder in South London but is back in jail awaiting deportation.
Mr van Hoogstraten, once famously described by a judge as an "emissary of Beelzebub", was released from high security Belmarsh in Woolwich, south-east London, after serving 12 months of his sentence for the manslaughter of rival landlord Mohammed Raja when his conviction was overturned following a complex legal battle.
Better lock my front door I think
Chip.
Mr Van Hoogstraten could talk you through your troubles
Suicidal people seeking a sympathetic ear could find notorious property baron Nicholas van Hoogstraten at the end of the line, according to a newspaper.
The millionaire, freed on appeal on Tuesday from a 10-year sentence for manslaughter, has joined the Samaritans, The Guardian reports.
"I am a good listener," says the man who described his tenants as "filth".
He gained his certificate, which allows him to apply for a post as a voluntary counsellor, while at Belmarsh prison.
Listening skills
HM Prison Service document 10380 states: "This is to certify that Nick van Hoogstraten has been trained by the Samaritans of Bexley/Bromley in listening and befriending skills at HM Prison Belmarsh."
The Samaritans says volunteers need a good listening ear and patience. Its website calls the work challenging and rewarding "knowing that you may have made a difference".
Samaritans are asked to have a good listening ear and patience
Mr van Hoostraten, 58, who served one year of a 10-year term, said he had helped a number of distressed fellow inmates by listening to them and offering legal advice, according to The Guardian.
Among the inmates the tycoon is said to have taken was a Jamaican Yardi, who was acquitted last month of a murder in South London but is back in jail awaiting deportation.
Mr van Hoogstraten, once famously described by a judge as an "emissary of Beelzebub", was released from high security Belmarsh in Woolwich, south-east London, after serving 12 months of his sentence for the manslaughter of rival landlord Mohammed Raja when his conviction was overturned following a complex legal battle.
Better lock my front door I think
Chip.
13 December 2003, 06:25 PM
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can just imagine the situation now...
caller: '...i have nowhere else to turn, the wifes left me, the kids want nothing to do with me , im up to my eyes in debt and even my mates at the rambling club avoid me when i go in the pub. i think im going to end it all...'
van hoogstraten: ' ...theres no need for that i mean you ca... did you say rambling club?
caller: 'yes'
can hoogstraten: ' well maybe it would be for the best if you ended it all you worthless piece of sh*te, if i ever see you ill.....'
honestly though, what the **** is goin on there?!?!?!?!?!?!
caller: '...i have nowhere else to turn, the wifes left me, the kids want nothing to do with me , im up to my eyes in debt and even my mates at the rambling club avoid me when i go in the pub. i think im going to end it all...'
van hoogstraten: ' ...theres no need for that i mean you ca... did you say rambling club?
caller: 'yes'
can hoogstraten: ' well maybe it would be for the best if you ended it all you worthless piece of sh*te, if i ever see you ill.....'
honestly though, what the **** is goin on there?!?!?!?!?!?!
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