Life term for mistaken murder that shocked Netherlands

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A Dutch court jailed one man for life and another for nearly 30 years for shooting dead a teenager in a case of mistaken identity that raised fears over gang violence in the Netherlands. | AFP

“Their actions show an unprecedented cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness,” judges said, adding that they showed “professional planning”.The victim’s family were “irreparably broken”, they added.

The court said the suspects had burst through the doors of the centre in the working-class Wittenburg neighbourhood and unleashed a “hail of bullets”.But they then shot and killed Bouchikhi, who was trying to hide when they fired several shots into his back “as he lay defenceless on his stomach on the floor”.“It has been established that was mistaken for the intended target”, said the judges, adding that it “does not change” the suspects’ guilt.

The case was one of a number at the time that raised fears about violence between drug gangs in the Netherlands, which operates a tolerant soft-drugs policy.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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