Hague Court Proceeds With 'Lucky' Appeal After Reported Razor Ingestion

Overview

• Defendant Minh Nghia V. was taken to hospital and did not attend the hearing after reportedly swallowing a razor blade, according to prosecutors.
• Judges continued the appeal in his absence despite an order for him to appear, after the prosecution and victims’ lawyers urged against postponement.
• Prosecutors framed the case as femicide and again demanded life imprisonment, following a lower-court sentence of 30 years.
• The court scheduled its decision for March 23.
• How a blade could be obtained inside the high-security AIT unit in Sittard remains unclear, following the detainee’s recent hunger strike and failed bid to leave that regime.