Streetart in honour of Julie Van Espen

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Streetart underneath the ringway viaduct of Merksem to honour Julie Van Espen who was raped and murdered on this spot by a convicted serial-rapist who was released awaiting a re-trail for another rape-case.

More info for those not familiar with the case: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/dossiers/2019/05/moord-op-julie-van-...

JPG's from the Sony ZV-1.
All images of the artworks are on Flickr

There lives a fox on the Vaartkaai Merksem by David Duits

Humm little bird by Smok

The Pangolin of Merksem by Gun-T

Birds in honor of Julie Van Espen by TUZQ

The Peackock butterfly ( Aglais io ) by Simon Quintens

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