Appeal Court postpones Energizer tax case until October 5
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PHILIPSBURG - The appeal case against S.M. and his company Energizer N.V. has been postponed again, according to a press statement from the Public Prosecution Service.
The proceedings will take place onOctober 5 the Joint Court of Justice decided on Thursday June 9. It was also decided that onAugust 25 a preliminary hearing will take place to evaluate the progress of the hearing of witnesses by the investigative judge.
The Solicitor General urged the Joined Court of Justice to see to it that the proceedings will finally take place. The three judges of the Joint Court of Justice decided on a time frame in which the witnesses should be heard.
S.M was sentenced in 2015 to 24 months in jail 18 of which suspended, three years’ probation period and 240 hours of community service. His company Energizer was sentenced to pay NAf 4.5 million in back taxes.