After the French and Dutch voted No to the constitution, its contents were minced up and squeezed into a new sausageskin, to make it unrecognisable and allow national governments to say it was a different text that did not need to be put to a vote.
Prosecutors said the money had been used to buy, among other things, customised dog kennels, a Celine Dion CD, handmade alligator skin boots, several shotguns, a large Polish sausage and to upgrade his truck.