Additionally on enchantment, 18 years in jail for the homicide of a girl from Oostburg

The courtroom in Den Bosch has sentenced Sandra H. to 18 years in jail for the homicide of a 29-year-old lady from Oostburg in Zeeland. The courtroom believes that it has been confirmed that H., who was 48 years previous, murdered the sufferer in 2020 and that he ‘disposed’ of her physique.

Ichelle van de Velde disappeared in December 2020. She was looked for months. In February 2021, H. was arrested as a suspect. She had a non secular store on the identical avenue in Oostburg the place the sufferer had a stitching studio. Traces of crime had been present in H.’s store.

GPS knowledge from H.’s automotive then led the police to the water close to the city of Retranchement. The sufferer’s physique was discovered there.

At first H. denied that he had something to do with the disappearance. She later admitted that she killed the girl in her store. Based on H., she and Van de Velde had been apprehensive as a result of H.’s husband on the time and the sufferer had been in love with one another.

H. was born in 2022 condemned an eighteen yr jail sentence for homicide. She appealed as a result of she believed it was homicide. Based on her personal phrases, she acted abruptly. The courtroom doesn’t agree with this and says that there’s prejudice.

The courtroom depends on a press release from a witness who visited the store on the day of the homicide, reporting Broadcasting Zeeland. The witness stated that she was within the store with H. One specific time she heard moaning behind the store, and H. went to see her. Shortly after that she got here again and the complaining stopped.

The courtroom believes that the criticism got here from Van de Velde, who regained consciousness at the moment, whereas the suspect assumed that she had already died. “When this was not the case, she nonetheless killed.” Based on the courtroom, this proves that H. didn’t act impulsively and that she nonetheless had sufficient time to alter her thoughts.

The courtroom blames H. for not doing issues overtly. It’s by no means clear what occurred earlier than the homicide. As well as, the courtroom says that the way in which by which H. dealt with the physique of the sufferer is “harrowing and “degraded. H. has admitted that she sawed the physique into items and dumped it within the canal.

The sentence on enchantment is identical as each the request of the Public Prosecution Service and the sentence imposed by the courtroom in 2022. The courtroom believes that H. ought to have been therapy with a conduct therapist. She should pay compensation of virtually 200,000 euros to the household of her sufferer.