Overview
- The Openbaar Ministerie demanded 15 years in prison plus TBS with involuntary commitment for 26-year-old Wesley W., citing the need to prevent reoffending.
- The defense urged a maximum five-year term and treatment in a clinic, arguing diminished responsibility and raising that some offenses occurred when he was a minor.
- Investigators say W. admitted virtually all charges and created image material of the abuse involving about twenty children over roughly a decade.
- The alleged crimes occurred at babysitting addresses and later at primary school Mondomijn in Helmond, with victims ranging from approximately 2 to 10 years old.
- Emotions flared after the defendant’s final statement as some relatives shouted at him, while he expressed remorse and said he would accept the consequences.