Overview
- A 26-year-old from Het Hogeland received ten years in prison for the violent rape of a 17-year-old during the 2023 KEI-week near Meerstad and for a separate rape near Assen, plus online sexual offenses involving minors via Omegle.
- The court rejected tbs after the defendant declined psychological assessment, raising the prison term above the eight years sought by prosecutors and placing him under supervision after release.
- In Utrecht, a 53-year-old was sentenced to four years for breaking into a 69-year-old woman’s home in Bilthoven and raping her, with a five-year contact/location ban and over €11,000 in damages; he was acquitted of child-porn possession.
- Three self-styled 'pedo-hunters' from Klazienaveen were convicted of extortion and attempts after luring men with fake minor profiles, drawing sentences up to 24 months, partly suspended, plus community service for two of them.
- Prosecutors sought up to six years against four men from Assen over what they called 'gruesome and sadistic' exploitation involving threats, a weapon and a punitive fine system, while in a separate case they demanded seven years and a professional ban for former teacher Olav A.; his verdict is scheduled for January 19.