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The court of Almelo sentenced Sebastiaan O. to 240 hours of community service and three months’ suspended prison sentence. The prosecutor’s service sought a seven-month prison sentence last month.
According to the judge, the 38-year-old Haaksbergen resident is responsible for the New Year’s Eve accident with a hammer. A 12-year-old boy was killed and an 11-year-old boy was seriously injured.
“There is an accumulation of errors and recklessness,” the judge said this afternoon, he reports RTV Ext. “Therefore, Bram’s death and Robbin’s serious injury can be attributed to O..” The judge specifically blamed him for jackhammering in broad daylight in the middle of a residential area, with many children as bystanders.
“O. never wanted to cause this drama, but he should and could have acted differently”, continued the judge, who therefore did not consider a prison sentence appropriate.
8 meters away
A folding hammer is a metal structure, about the size of a table, with a hinge and a hammer-like tip. An explosive powder is placed in a container at the bottom. Then the powder is hit with the hammer, resulting in a loud bang.
Bram was fatally struck in the chest by pieces of metal thrown from the jackhammer. Robbin suffered permanent leg injuries as a result of the blow. Investigations showed that the children were about 8 meters away when fellow citizen O. hit the jackhammer. He called the accident a previous session “extremely horrible”.
The man bought the device on Marktplaats from a private individual. The court wants to prosecute the seller for selling the folding hammer and the associated folding hammer powder.
