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Prosecutors Demand TBS, No Prison, for Curtly E. in Killing of 12-Year-Old Son

They say he was fully unaccountable because he acted during a psychosis.

Overview

  • The public prosecutor in Groningen asked for compulsory TBS with enforced treatment and no jail term, concluding Curtly E. is not criminally responsible.
  • Curtly E. admitted he fatally stabbed his son Gianny-Davey with a kitchen knife on 29 December at his home in Groningen.
  • The prosecution classifies the case as manslaughter rather than murder, citing no evidence of premeditation and stating he believed in psychosis that his son would harm him.
  • Experts advised TBS, noting he stopped taking schizophrenia medication in September and did not foresee the risk, while relatives called for the maximum prison sentence.
  • The boy’s mother delivered an emotional statement, and about fifty family members attended wearing white shirts with his image and prayed partly in Papiamento.