Overview
- Prosecutors say two men assaulted 33‑year‑old Robin in Hattem in May last year and that a separate driver then ran him over and fled, creating competing explanations for how he died.
- At a preparatory hearing in Arnhem on November 6 the court granted defense requests for fresh scrutiny of visibility and reenactment conditions and ordered several witnesses to be re‑heard.
- The hearing adjourned the substantive trial indefinitely while the Openbaar Ministerie, defense teams and the Nederlands Forensisch Instituut consult about new tests and expert work.
- Defense lawyers specifically challenged earlier driving tests for differences in lighting, the dummy’s position and clothing and asked experts to separate injuries from a punch versus injuries from an impact.
- Regional newsrooms that covered the court ruling also reported unrelated 112 incidents on the same weekend, including vehicle fires, a high‑speed police pursuit in Spijkenisse and a two‑car crash on the A16; those events are under separate local investigation.