Overview
- The Hague court imposed 290 days of youth detention on the 15-year-old, with 120 days suspended, and ordered 100 hours of community service.
- The teen was convicted of preparing a paid leg shooting in Rotterdam, attempting serious injury with a knife in Capelle aan den IJssel, and entering a restricted area of the Rotterdam port, all committed with others.
- Judges cited phone data and Snapchat messages showing recruitment and detailed instructions for address, transport and bringing a knife, while experts identified a mild intellectual developmental disorder affecting his resistance to online pressure.
- In a separate case, prosecutors demanded 18 months in prison, of which six months suspended, for a 29-year-old accused of recruiting a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy to extract drugs at the Rotterdam port.
- According to the OM, the man contacted the teens via Snapchat, drove them from Amsterdam, sent a message saying there could be no refusal, promised payment that was not made, and was arrested with them in his car without a valid driver’s license.