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Criminal kingpin Holleeder secretly treated in Leiden hospital for heart problems

Willem Holleeder secretly underwent heart surgery at the Leiden University Medical Center, sources told De Telegraaf. According to Telegraaf’s sources, the prison hospital in Scheveningen was not sufficiently equipped for the major heart surgery he required, which was why the authorities admitted him to the LUMC. During his time in the Leiden hospital, guards from the Special Support Team - …

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Convicted crime boss Willem Holleeder sent to prison for life on appeal

The court sentenced Willem Holleeder to life in prison on appeal on Friday. The appeals court considered it proven that the murders were committed on Holleeder's instructions, NOS reports. It concerns the murders of Cor van Hout and Robert ter Haak in 2003, Willem Endstra in 2004, John Mieremet in 2005, Kees Houtman in 2005, and Thomas van der Bijl …

Prosecutor seeks life in prison for convicted crime boss Willem Holleeder

The Public Prosecution Service recommended a life sentence against Willem Holleeder during its arguments in the appeal of his 2019 conviction. The prosecutors described Holleeder as "unscrupulous, opportunistic and calculating" and as a "master instigator" who acted as a judge and executioner that "had his victims shot." The Public Prosecution Service drew its conclusions from a series of witness statements, …

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Public prosecutor demands life sentence for Holleeder

Willem Holleeder, who was jailed in the 1980s for kidnapping beer magnate Freddie Heineken, should be jailed for life for ordering five gangland killings between 2003 and 2006, the public prosecution department said on Friday. The victims, Cor van Hout, Kees Houtman, Thomas van der Bijl, Willem Endstra and John Mieremet, were all involved in criminal dealings with Holleeder. The …

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Life in prison demanded of suspected crime boss, Heineken kidnapper Willem Holleeder

Prosecutors in the Willem Holleeder murder trial have demanded life imprisonment for the notorious defendant. Holleeder, an alleged organized crime mastermind, is accused of ordering or otherwise taking part in the murders of five different men, and also manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and running a criminal enterprise. The prosecution said the evidence against Holleeder is "legal and convincing", and proves his …

Annoyed lawyers post Holleeder-tapes online

The lawyers of convicted criminal Dino Soerel posted the transcription of a conversation between criminal kingpin Willem Holleeder and crime journalist Peter R. de Vries online. The Public Prosecutor considers the conversation with De Vries as supporting evidence for testimony made by Holleeder's sisters Astrid and Sonja. According to NOS judiciary editor Remco Andringa, what's happening here with the De …