Overview
- The Openbaar Ministerie asked for 15 years' imprisonment plus TBS with forced treatment for 26-year-old Wesley W. over alleged years-long abuse of young children.
- Prosecutors say the abuse spanned a decade and involved twenty victims aged about two to ten, with hundreds of incidents and image material recorded by the defendant.
- Wesley W. admitted nearly all facts, was arrested in September 2024, and, according to the prosecution, began offending at around age fifteen while working as a babysitter and later as a classroom assistant.
- The prosecutor described his conduct as calculating and escalating and argued TBS is necessary to protect public safety and prevent reoffending.
- The defense cited diminished responsibility, requested a maximum five-year sentence with clinical treatment access, raised concerns about TBS waiting lists, and noted that some offenses occurred when he was a minor; parents reacted angrily in court after his brief statement of remorse.