Weski Denies Arrest Quotes as Defense Seeks Case Dismissal Over Secret Detention

Overview

• Her defense team opened its plea Wednesday in Rotterdam, arguing the prosecution lost the right to try her after rights violations they described as “no touch torture.”
• In a written statement read by lawyer Geert‑Jan Knoops, Weski said she never made the arrest remarks quoted by police and never saw or signed the report that records them, as she followed the hearing by video for medical reasons.
• Prosecutors last week sought a 4.5‑year sentence, alleging the former Taghi lawyer acted as a go‑between from the EBI prison in Vught to help drug trafficking and money laundering continue.
• Weski was held about six weeks after her April 21, 2023 arrest, including nine days at a secret site in Kamp Zeist that her lawyers call unlawful and harmful due to poor medical care and basic facility flaws such as a faulty intercom.
• Key evidence comes from hacked SKY ECC encrypted messages that prosecutors link to Weski and Ridouan Taghi’s eldest son, which the defense calls cherry‑picked, with more defense pleadings due Friday and a prosecution reply set for Monday.