Overview
- Brian A., 34, was sentenced Friday in Utrecht in a fast-track hearing to six weeks in jail with two weeks suspended, and he remains in custody.
- The judge ordered €5,000 in compensation for the municipality after finding its €35,000 damage claim was not well substantiated.
- Prosecutors charged him with public violence and destruction and had asked for eight weeks, while the judge said a clear signal was needed as she set a lower term.
- Police say he threw paving stones at the town hall windows at least 20 times and tried to ram the entrance with a traffic pole, and they describe him as an instigator.
- The town plans to use the partly vacant building from 6 May as a basic shelter for about 110 asylum seekers, and police say other suspects from the protests remain under investigation.