Overview
- The Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden ordered two experts to re-evaluate Richard K.’s medical condition at the time of the killings using his existing records.
- Judges declined fresh brain scans but approved re-questioning his partner about his mental state on the morning of the crimes.
- The Public Prosecution Service opposed further mental-health inquiry during the appeal.
- K., sentenced to life for the January 2024 deaths of Sam and Ineke, admitted the killings but denied premeditation and framed them as manslaughter.
- No date has been set for the substantive appeal hearing, and the case centers on extreme violence captured by surveillance cameras and witnessed by the couple’s son.