The court in Breda agreed with the Public Prosecution's recommendation on Tuesday, handing out a life sentence to the 62-year-old Johan S. The man was convicted for the murder of the Eindhoven criminal Robert Sengers in Esbeek, Brabant, in 2004. DNA evidence was found 15 years later after the cold case was reopened.
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands affirmed the life sentence that was imposed on Willem Holleeder when he was convicted and sentenced in a series of assassinations. The Court issued a ruling on Tuesday upholding the earlier verdict from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
The conviction of Willem Holleeder for instigating five murders should be upheld, according to the Advocate General at the Supreme Court in its advisory opinion issued on Tuesday. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal last year sentenced Holleeder to life imprisonment for orchestrating a series of murder contracts in an appeal verdict.