A boy with long curly hair comes out. His criminal case has just been served. Good luck, he shouts, with an encouraging wink, to a boy with spiky hair who, with a blond ponytail, is waiting to be called. Today is planting day. Tongue traps: Heerlens and Kerkrade.Lawyer Kojak, as we call him, with beautifully polished skull, is having a busy time. Four times the young criminal lawyer has to work. First client is Wiel. Over 65. Back-combed black hair with gray lines. Wiel spent thirty years in the mines. Underground, in Germany. Worked hard. Good nips pension, good state pension. And yet Wiel set up a hemp farm. You need your neighbors. Neighbor 1 reported strange activities around Wiel's garage to Crime Anonymous. Number 2 smelled a pungent hemp odor. Number 3 found it suspicious that Wiel and wife Jeannie had been living in ever-increasing opulence for the last three years, in ways sadly inexplicable to this neighbor. Wiel is straightforward, straightforward. Confessed immediately. 'One' asked him to grow plants. 'One' sent an electrician for the technical bypasses. The 164 plants were to provide a harvest of three comma six kilos.Wiel was to receive 9000 euros from 'Men'.Who 'Men' is, Wiel would not divulge for the sake of his safety.
His wife Jeannie declared him a fool. He is too greedy, she told the investigators.Wiel presented in court another explanation for his drug adventure. He received a tax bill of thousands of euros from Germany, after-tax for his working period there. Wiel shows deep remorse. Punishes himself. Does volunteer work in a nursing home. He plays accordion there, for dementia sufferers. Kojak has made work of defense. Point of departure:Wiel did not immediately get the lawyer of his choice,when he made his statement. Long argument with references to international judgments. Kojak's conclusion:Wiel acquitted, because his confession was improperly obtained.
Kojak is so convinced of his victory that he explodes when the judge, after pronouncing two sentences, indicates that Wiel is punished. Kojak starts throwing papers around heavily irritated. You must behave, the judge calls out. Kojak makes throwaway gestures. The judge is fed up and threatens to file a complaint about Kojak. And if Kojak continues like this, he will be expelled from the room. Wiel stares wide-eyed at his counsel. It seems almost of secondary importance that Wiel receive punishment. Even though he has to work fifty hours for society. And has to pay back 9000 euros from the hemp harvest. And Kojak: I will see you a few more times today and then things really have to change, warns the judge, as if she is talking to her rebellious son. Kojak promises to get better. He is already rushing out again. It's rush hour. Client 2 is waiting. Hemp plantation in Heerlen.
