Prosecutors Seek 9.5 Years in 2020 Amsterdam Death as Appeals Court Gives ‘Lucky’ 26 Years, 8 Months

Overview

• In Amsterdam, prosecutors requested a 9.5-year prison term for a 74-year-old from Oudenbosch accused of killing her 77-year-old partner in Geuzenveld in 2020.
• Prosecutors say serious violence while the man slept likely triggered fatal stress despite pathology listing heart failure, with police noting facial and neck injuries and the victim’s blood under the suspect’s fingernails.
• The case went to trial after the victim’s children persuaded an appellate court to order prosecution following an initial decision by the Public Prosecution Service not to proceed.
• In a separate ruling, the Hague Court of Appeal sentenced 52-year-old Minh Nghia V. to 26 years and eight months for killing his ex-partner’s mother and attempting to murder his ex in the 2023 Zwijndrecht shooting.
• The court declined to classify the mother’s death as murder and lowered an earlier 30-year term on legal grounds tied to statutory maximums, prompting disappointment from the victims’ family.