Dutch man gets life in Belgium for four murders
2 years, 7 months ago

Dutch man gets life in Belgium for four murders

NL Times  

A jury in the West Flanders region of Belgium has sentenced a 29-year-old Dutch man to life imprisonment, and ten years in a psychiatric institution, for the 2017 murder of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, her grandparents, and a photographer for whom the then young woman sometimes modeled. The next day he also stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Maïlys Descamps, in her home in Moere, West Flanders, and then aided her in shooting her grandparents. She had previously told the then 24-year-old D. about her racy photo shoots with the photographer, Jeroen Verstraete, that may have involved sexual contact. Once in the house, he first knifed Descamps, then her grandparents Gery Cappon and Marie-José Vanleene, who had come to the scene because they correctly feared that her stalker was there.

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No prison time for 91-year-old Amsterdammer convicted of stabbing wife to death
6 days ago

No prison time for 91-year-old Amsterdammer convicted of stabbing wife to death

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A 91-year-old Amsterdam man who fatally stabbed his wife and set their home on fire earlier this year will not face prison time. The District Court of Amsterdam ruled Monday that Jan van B., who suffers from dementia and psychotic delusions, is not criminally responsible for his actions. Psychological evaluations revealed that Van B. suffers from early-stage dementia and a …

Jailed Dutch man dies awaiting trial for murdering 11-year-old neighbor in France
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Jailed Dutch man dies awaiting trial for murdering 11-year-old neighbor in France

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A 71-year-old Dutch man accused of killing his 11-year-old neighbor in Saint-Herbot, a small town in the Brittany region of France, died last week in a French hospital. The man, identified as Dirk R., had been awaiting trial on charges of murder and attempted murder after he allegedly fired a rifle into his neighbors' garden during a dispute on June …

Man held in Amsterdam woman’s stabbing also accused of setting her home on fire
1 year, 1 month ago

Man held in Amsterdam woman’s stabbing also accused of setting her home on fire

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A 53-year-old man was arrested in Amsterdam on Thursday morning on suspicion of stabbing a woman and setting the house where she was staying on fire on Meterorenweg in Amsterdam-Noord on Monday, the police reported. Aanhouding verdachte voor steken vrouw en brandstichting Meteorenweghttps://t.co/8arsb28siL pic.twitter.com/GwLcHSxzpF — Politie Eenheid Amsterdam November 9, 2023 On the night of Sunday to Monday, a woman …

Murders suspect arrested in Amsterdam after tip-off
1 year, 1 month ago

Murders suspect arrested in Amsterdam after tip-off

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Murder suspect Bretly Dorder was arrested at a hotel in Amsterdam shortly after 8 am on Wednesday morning, police have confirmed. On Tuesday night police issued a new photograph of the man, taken by a security camera at the capital’s main railway station. Earlier this week it transpired that Dorder had been found guilty of the attempted murder of a …

Murders suspect arrested in Amsterdam after tip-off
1 year, 1 month ago

Murders suspect arrested in Amsterdam after tip-off

Dutch News  

Murder suspect Bretly Dorder was arrested at a hotel in Amsterdam shortly after 8 am on Wednesday morning, police have confirmed. On Tuesday night police issued a new photograph of the man, taken by a security camera at the capital’s main railway station. Earlier this week it transpired that Dorder had been found guilty of the attempted murder of a …

Dutch fugitive convicted in mistaken ID murder caught in Belgium
1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch fugitive convicted in mistaken ID murder caught in Belgium

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The police arrested a 33-year-old fugitive in Belgium who has to serve a 20-year-long prison sentence in the Netherlands for murder. While trying to flee from the police, the man crashed into another car, injuring multiple people, the Dutch police said. The police immediately launched an investigation into the man’s whereabouts, teaming up with the Belgian police, and issued a …

Suspect accused of escaping institution, stabbing ex-girlfriend to remain in jail for now
2 years ago

Suspect accused of escaping institution, stabbing ex-girlfriend to remain in jail for now

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The pre-trial detention of the 31-year-old man accused of escaping from the custody of a forensic psychiatric institution last week, and then stabbing a 27-year-old woman in Soest, was ordered to remain in jail for at least 14 more days. In a hearing on Monday, the examining magistrate at the district court in the central Netherlands region heard investigators’ details …

Suspect asks for life in prison for girlfriend's murder
2 years, 4 months ago

Suspect asks for life in prison for girlfriend's murder

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A man from Eindhoven asked that he be sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend at a bed and breakfast in Valkenswaard. “If he doesn’t get a life sentence, he wants one,” his lawyer said at a preliminary hearing in Den Bosch on Friday, Omroep Brabant reports. The 46-year-old man stabbed the 33-year-old woman from Eindhoven …

Kidnapped boy may have been killed in Belgium, body dumped in Netherlands
2 years, 11 months ago

Kidnapped boy may have been killed in Belgium, body dumped in Netherlands

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The Belgian authorities believe that 4-year-old Dean Verberckmoes may have been killed in Belgium and suspect Dave De K. brought his body to the Netherlands to dump it. The authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy done on the 4-year-old Belgian boy's body by the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Was the child already dead when De K. brought him to …

Dutch man confesses to ex-girlfriend's murder in Malta
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch man confesses to ex-girlfriend's murder in Malta

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A 24-year-old Dutch man confessed to murdering his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in Santa Venera, Malta. R. changed his plea to guilty during a Wednesday hearing in front of an investigating magistrate, according to the Times of Malta.The two were colleagues in the online gaming business, and had been in a relationship for more than a year. They reportedly …

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