GRONINGEN - The public prosecutor's office (OM) in Groningen is very unhappy with the court's decision that a police criminal informant must be heard. "The joke of criminal informants is that their anonymity is guaranteed. The court is now shooting this leak. This way we can shut down our informants," said prosecutor spokeswoman Kirsten Smit. The Groningen court decided Monday that a criminal informant may be questioned by a lawyer. The informant would have crucial information that might exculpate and dis for the man suspected of having shot dead the Amsterdam rapper Rel in Hoogezand last November. The Justice Department vigorously opposed the lawyer's request to be allowed to question the informant. The court endorses the interests of justice, but considers the interests of the defense outweighed in this case. The court's decision is exceptional. The judges spoke of "a difficult issue.
Maastricht - How the bassist of the Heideroosjes came into the picture in a child pornography case, the justice department will not say now. The
Heerlen/Stein - A data breach at telecom provider T-Mobile (now Odido) led to the theft of at least 112,000 euros worth of crypto currency.
Kerkrade - One of the two suspects in the robbery murder of Fabian Esser (33) on June 23, 2022 in Kerkrade
Brunssum - A 15-year-old investigation into an aggravated assault in Heerlen has been cracked open thanks to a DNA match. In November
The court sentenced a 58-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from Apeldoorn for a series of arson attacks in their hometown. They
HELMOND - Jahangir A. is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the manslaughter of Els Slurink of Groningen, but had to be
Police have arrested three men for the stabbing Monday morning in Sittard that injured two people. Three men from
Roermond - Ivo T. (32) of Born was acquitted by the court in Roermond of abusing a 15-year-old
