Another youth sentence for grandson who killed grandpa Inland

The boy, who confessed, was 17 years old at the time. Two years is the maximum duration of juvenile detention for that age. The prosecution had appealed because, according to the prosecution, the boy should have been tried as an adult. Given, among other things, the seriousness of the offense and the adult impression that the boy had made after his arrest, the Public Prosecution Service found this exception appropriate. On appeal, the advocate general again demanded seven years in prison and TBS with coercion.

Just like the court in 2019, the court rules that there is murder. In adults, this leads to years, possibly life imprisonment. According to experts, the boy is less accountable and suffers from chronic disorders. It is undesirable in the eyes of the court to treat him only after a long adult sentence.

The 71-year-old victim from Wierden, a successful businessman, was stabbed to death in his home in Wierden (Overijssel) on the evening of November 8, 2018. The boy thought he could settle a debt of half a million euros from his parents with the grandfather. He saw himself as the “savior,” the court said.

The now 19-year-old boy has reported extensively to the police. He had driven past his single grandfather’s house twice on his moped before his deed. Then he thought for half an hour sitting in the grass. He had bought white spirit and white spirit to burn his clothes. He had bought the used latex gloves and a carving knife with his mother. His mother had bought the knife for herself, the boy said. He had secretly taken it to his grandfather.

Immediately after his grandfather opened the door, the boy struck in a “barbaric manner,” the court finds. According to his lawyer, there was an impulse.

The boy had said in court that he had been sexually assaulted by his grandfather. He withdrew the allegation on appeal.

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