"Allan Bennett" wrote in message
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... According to Wouter D'Haene,
Ivanov has taken the boats "for ransom..

According to Ivanov, "The problem is that it is not clear to whom the
boats
belong: the kayakers, the federation or the trainer? I say that they do
not
belong to the kayakers and also not to the federation. I have not taken
any
boats, not stolen any boats and certainly not earned any money on them..
However, later in the interview, Ivanov claimed to have sent the boats
back
to the manufacturer Plastex in Poland.

New Version

Last night we heard that Ivanov had sold the one-man boat. The owner
confirms the story and the price of EUR 1750. Ivanov, when called a
second
time, also confirmed this account and admitted that he had taken one boat.
"The boat was the property of Plastex and I sold it for them without
earning
anything. The money is for Plastex.. Can Ivanov prove that? "No, but I
shall
be putting it in their account.. Leukemans: "Plastex confirmed last week
that the two boats were property of the federation.. Plastex was not
available for comment.


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I bet he didn't declare that at his interview...

'Now that you've found me out, I shall be putting it in their account'

Priceless.

'I haven't taken any boats and didn't earn any money when I sold them'
'I didn't take any drugs but they made me stronger'

Absolutely priceless.


Allan Bennett
Not a fan of ransom


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Thanks for that - how do people get away with this sort of thing?

Keith