Overview
- The court in Breda on Thursday suspended pretrial detention for Erwin van E. and his partner Kaylee van O. and ordered conditions that include appearance obligations, reporting to probation, and contact bans with victims.
- The Openbaar Ministerie told the court that investigators recovered substantially more confidential police information from Van E.'s phone than the five cases charged but will not broaden the official inquiry because the Rijksrecherche cannot take on the extra work; relevant police units were notified of the findings.
- The charges say Van E. and Van O. extracted and shared names, licence plates and signalements between January 2023 and January 2026 in cases tied to a stolen 1,400 kg cocaine shipment, kidnappings in Hoofddorp and Waalwijk, and an explosion at a house in Goirle.
- Van E. was arrested by the Dienst Speciale Interventies in early January and has since been blocked from police databases; he told the court fellow detainees plotted an attack, a homemade knife was found during a prison search and he was moved within PI Krimpen aan den IJssel for safety.
- Next steps include preparation of the prosecution dossier and further hearings while police units assess whether the leaked material harmed ongoing investigations and what that could mean for victims and case outcomes.