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Judge Sends Assen Poisoning Suspect to Pieter Baan Centrum

The ruling requires a forensic observation that the judge said will delay the planned 31 March hearing.

Overview

  • Esmée D., 26, was ordered to undergo a personality assessment at the Pieter Baan Centrum despite her objection and appeared in court for the first time.
  • Her pretrial detention was extended by three months, and the judge indicated the substantive hearing is likely to move to after the summer.
  • Prosecutors allege she fatally intoxicated her partner Ruben, 34, citing toxicology that found MDMA and flubromazepam.
  • Investigative disputes persist over a farewell note friends say he did not write, thousands of missing WhatsApp messages, a second phone reportedly hidden in rabbit feed, and a dealer who says he sold MDMA while the suspect denies buying it.
  • The 3,000-page dossier may still expand as prosecutors seek the 112 ambulance call recording, which ambulance services have withheld under confidentiality pending a legal challenge.