Extra Prison Sought for Beek en Donk Father as Dutch Courts Hand Down Heavy Sentences in Separate Abuse Cases

Overview

• Prosecutors in Den Bosch asked for an additional 30 months for Maurice M. (57) over abuse of his youngest daughter and her friend, requesting a total of 8 years and 9 months plus TBS and a five‑year location ban for Beek en Donk.
• Maurice M. was earlier sentenced on appeal to six years and three months in prison with compulsory psychiatric treatment for abusing another daughter and three of her friends, and he continues to deny all allegations.
• The youngest daughter testified that she was touched daily and described severe mental distress, while the prosecutor said recognition of wrongdoing remains absent.
• In Nijkerk, a 59‑year‑old man received eight years in prison and the mother five years for prolonged abuse that began when the girl was 15 during a holiday in France and continued in multiple towns.
• Evidence in the Nijkerk case included a photo deemed child pornography and extensive WhatsApp chats; in a separate Putten case, a 69‑year‑old grandfather was sentenced to four years, with one year suspended, for abusing four grandchildren and a friend, with mandated treatment and compensation orders.