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Prosecutors Demand TBS for Man Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Sohani in Nieuwegein

Psychiatric experts found him fully unaccountable, with a ruling expected on February 3.

Overview

  • The Public Prosecution Service asked the Utrecht court to impose TBS with compulsory treatment, adopting Pieter Baan Centrum findings that he was in a severe psychosis.
  • Prosecutors said manslaughter is proven and asked the court to declare him not criminally responsible.
  • Investigators cited blood and the girl's DNA on his jacket and the knife, doorbell-camera images of a struggle, and the knife's recovery from a shed roof.
  • The defendant told the court he saw “demons,” remembers little of the day, admits drug use in the preceding period, apologized, and says he wants treatment.
  • The parents' lawyer urged a prison term in addition to TBS, arguing his drug use was a conscious risk; the prosecution also considers an earlier assault that same day proven.