Overview

• At the Zwolle hearing, judges heard the victim had warned police she was terrified shortly before the attack, as prosecutors alleged premeditation and demanded 14 years in prison plus compulsory psychiatric treatment.
• The Rotterdam court sentenced Bretly D. to eight years and TBS for killing psychiatrist Jean van Griensven, noting diminished responsibility and acquitting him in a separate Zutphen case, a term below the 18-year demand.
• Amsterdam police released identifiable images—approved by the Public Prosecution Service—of a suspect in a June attempted rape and sexual assault in Slotermeer and urged the public to submit tips and footage.
• Police found a loaded revolver during a Groningen street fight and arrested a suspect, and in Hoogezand detained three people after seizing 1,600 kilograms of illegal fireworks and more than 10,000 vapes; an attempted arson in Doesburg involving a molotov cocktail is under investigation.
• Utrecht police challenged Geert Wilders’ description of a supposed mass assault on a garbage collector, calling it a traffic dispute that resulted in a simple assault without a large group present, with the woman set to file a report on 5 October and the motorist also making a complaint.