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Dutch Courts Hand Down Divergent Penalties in Weapon Cases as Prosecutors Seek Term in Parliament Intrusion

Forensic findings and a defendant’s refusal to undergo evaluation shaped charge classifications and access to compulsory treatment.

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Overview

  • A Groningen court sentenced a 30-year-old from Winschoten to 532 days in prison and tbs with compulsory treatment for attacking his neighbor with a club.
  • Judges in the Winschoten case rejected attempted manslaughter, finding attempted grievous bodily harm with diminished responsibility due to amphetamine use and psychotic features.
  • Witnesses reported the Winschoten assailant threatened roofers and police with a club, a knife and other tools before being overpowered after resisting arrest.
  • In Almere, 43-year-old Glenn K. was convicted of attempted manslaughter and received three and a half years in prison for stabbing a sex worker, with post-release freedom-restricting and behavior-influencing measures.
  • Prosecutors demanded two years, with 19 months suspended, and 240 hours of community service for 19-year-old Tijn B. over the February knife intrusion at the Tweede Kamer; experts reported autism, depression and alcohol-use disorder, and a verdict is due October 29.