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According to the prosecutor, sex with the daughters formed ‘the cement in the relationship’ between Pascal P. and Tanja D., D., according to the public prosecutor, had no problem with P. having sex with her daughters. As long as P. didn’t do it with other women and didn’t leave her.
On Friday, the court discussed the suspicions with both suspects. The handling of the case against D. was interrupted halfway, because the woman became unwell. The court hopes to be able to complete its trial on Wednesday.
D.’s daughters are said to have fallen prey to P. from an early age, with the knowledge of their mother, and have been abused numerous times. Victim statements suggest that the long-term abuse had a major impact on the girls’ lives. According to the eldest daughter, mother Tanja D. is not to blame, because she would have been completely under the spell of the compelling P.
After a while, P. would have taken the girls to parking places in Zeeland, to have them abused by other men. The girls were drugged to facilitate these practices. Justice also suspects P. of sexual abuse of two other girls, including a girlfriend of D.’s eldest daughter.
Experts have advised the court to impose compulsory treatment on P. tbs because he suffers from sexual disorders and because the risk of recurrence is high.
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