Sisters (80 and 81) of ‘abuse psychiatrist’ Piet Hein T. cell in | Abroad

Child psychiatrist Piet Hein T. from Makkinga was arrested in 2018 in Nepal in a hotel room in the presence of a boy. While awaiting trial, his sisters traveled to the country. The court finds it proven that the sisters Wilma (80) and Marijke van T. (81) tried to influence the criminal proceedings against their brother in Nepal. They offered a victim tens of thousands of dollars to retract his statement. Wilma van T. also hid her brother’s hard drives in the house that contained child pornography.

The question was whether the Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands could consider this issue that took place in Nepal. But some of the sisters’ actions took place in the Netherlands, according to the court, which allowed the OM to prosecute the two. The sisters visited the underage boy’s family and offered a substantial sum of money. This is to encourage the victim to withdraw the statement or make a new, exculpatory statement, according to the court. The evidence includes e-mails confirming the amounts.

Unique case

A year in prison had been demanded against the sisters. The court is lower in view of the advanced age of the women. They also have no criminal record. According to the OM, it is more common in Nepal that the child or its parents are bribed so that a lawsuit is prevented. The case is unique because a Dutch court has not previously ruled in a similar case.

Their brother was sentenced to seven years in prison in Nepal at the end of 2018 for abusing two underage boys. He was released early and would be back in the Netherlands. Here too he is in danger of being prosecuted.

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