Overview
- Prosecutors asked the Dordrecht court to impose TBS with compulsory treatment on Jesse R., 32, and to discharge him from prosecution, saying no prison term is appropriate.
- Experts from the Pieter Baan Centrum concluded he was in a psychosis at the time of the killing and fully not criminally responsible.
- In court he described delusions involving Princess Beatrix and an order to place his mother's head on the king’s fence, saying he had stopped antipsychotic medication in December 2024.
- He is charged with killing and decapitating his 63-year-old mother with an axe on 16 April 2025, fleeing in her car before being arrested on the A4 near Schiedam/Delft with the head in a bag and the weapon in the vehicle.
- In his final statement he expressed remorse and said he would do everything he can to prevent a recurrence.