The court case regarding the murder of Peter R. de Vries was finalized on Wednesday after a last procedural hearing, and the court said it will soon be ready to announce its verdict. This will be on June 12, almost three years after the crime reporter was gunned down in the city center of Amsterdam. The court wants all nine suspects to be present during the announcement of the verdict.
The filming of Peter R. de Vries after he was shot does not make Gerower M.C. an accessory to murder, says the lawyer of the 27-year-old suspect. The Public Prosecution Service has demanded 21 years in jail against him for observing, following, and filming the crime reporter.
The Public Prosecution Service demanded life in prison against three suspects for the murder of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries. The other suspects are facing up to 21 years in prison for their roles in the assassination. The harshest sentence demands went to the men suspected of organizing and committing the murder and the two suspected of recording the aftermath and posting it on social media.
The man suspected of having acted as an intermediary in the murder of Peter R. de Vries said on Tuesday that he had been put under pressure. “I did not want this, but sent messages under pressure,” said Krystian M. in the court bunker in Amsterdam-Osdorp during the murder trial.
At the start of the trial around the murder of Peter R. de Vries, all nine suspects denied having anything to do with the case or invoked their right to remain silent. The alleged gunman, Delano G., said in a crowded court bunker in Amsterdam-Osdorp: “I fully invoke my right to remain silent.”