Overview
- Dutch prosecutors demanded 11-year prison terms with compulsory TBS treatment for Daisy W. and John(ny) van den B., citing deliberate severe injury, confinement and extreme neglect of a 10-year-old between June 2023 and 20 May 2024.
- Court-appointed experts reported personality disorders in both defendants and an aggression disorder in Van den B., with the prosecution arguing diminished responsibility yet pressing for long treatment to protect society.
- Guardians told the court the girl’s rehabilitation has been halted, that she will require 24/7 support and that she bears lifelong physical and psychological damage; the biological mother delivered an emotional statement.
- The pair also stand accused of abusing a 3-year-old half-sister and two Syrian boys, with evidence including chat messages and accounts of degrading punishments that prosecutors described as torture-like.
- In the Soest case, tenant Martin G. remains in custody on suspicion of arranging an insurance-motivated arson while a 26-year-old from Apeldoorn has confessed to lighting the fire; investigators have named the suspects’ partners and a mutual contact as additional suspects, are using home camera footage and phone taps, estimate damage near €2 million, and expect the case file to be ready by Christmas with a further hearing on 20 January.