Nicholas van Hoogstraten

Nicholas van Hoogstraten
Nicholas van Hoogstraten in 1988
Born
Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten

(1945-02-25) 25 February 1945 (age 79)
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England
Occupation(s)Property tycoon, entrepreneur, criminal, businessman

Nicholas Adolf von Hessen[1][2] (born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten,[3] formerly known as Adolph von Hessen[4] better known as Nicholas van Hoogstraten; born 25 February 1945) is a British businessman involved in property and a convicted criminal.

In 1968, he was convicted and sent to prison for four years after paying a gang to attack a business associate.[3] In 2002, he was sentenced to 10 years for the manslaughter of a business rival; the verdict was overturned on appeal and he was subsequently released, but in 2005 he was ordered to pay the victim's family £6 million in a civil case.

A huge mansion, Hamilton Palace, near Uckfield in East Sussex, which Van Hoogstraten began building in the mid-1980s, remains unfinished and uninhabited.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Tycoon Nicholas von Hessen cleared over Hove car park row". BBC News. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ Keevins, Barry; Simpson, John (7 March 2020). "Property baron Nicholas Van Hoogstraten is defiant to the last". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Brockes, Emma (8 September 2000). "Even nastier Nick". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Raath030709 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Barber, Lynn (15 January 2006). "Nasty Nick". The Observer. London. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ Low, Valentine (22 March 2016). "Slum landlord says his critics are moronic peasants". The Times. Retrieved 22 April 2022.