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.
Willem Holleeder secretly underwent heart surgery at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), sources told De Telegraaf. The Heineken kidnapper spent three weeks in the Leiden hospital, according to the newspaper.