Overview
- The police confirmed the dismissal for "serious dereliction of duty" after prosecutors brought charges over alleged offences committed in private time.
- He is being prosecuted for sexual acts with a 15-year-old and for raping three boys aged 16 to 18 in Werkendam, Zeeland and on the Veluwe.
- According to the prosecution, he leveraged his status as a well-known organist and as a police employee and presented himself as a celibate gay man.
- He was removed from duty in August 2024 following an initial complaint and was arrested on 14 April 2025 in Altena, with four criminal complaints filed in total.
- The Rijksrecherche is examining his role in a 17 April 2024 police van incident that injured a 59-year-old detainee, and the public prosecutor has not yet decided on charges related to that incident.