They were called the “Devil’s couple.” They had become multimillionaires after clinically murdering a British businessman and pulling off a string of frauds in France, Germany, Belgium and Ireland. Last week, the Devils’ luck finally ran out. After 23 years on the run Jean-Claude Lacote, 53, and Hilde Van Acker, 56, arrived back in Belgium to face life sentences for murder. They were both extradited from their final hiding place in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, which overlooks the Ebrie Lagoon. During their decades of freedom, Lacote, a French national, and Van Acker, from Belgium, often lived a…

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