Abderrehim B. from Leiden has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for shooting a resident of camping De Horrebieter in Hoogersmilde. B. (37) has stated that he shot in self-defense, but the court does not believe that. The resident of Leiden has been convicted of manslaughter.
The fatal shooting took place on November 9, 2020 in the car of victim Joey Affriat. The 32-year-old man lived in a chalet at the campsite for a few months. He was in the drug trade and B. worked with him. The two were friends, they knew each other from prison. In the autumn of 2020 they had argued about 20,000 euros, three gold bars and a Rolex that Affriat had given to B for safekeeping. Affriat had the impression that the money and belongings were gone.
On the night of the shooting, the two had met at the station in Assen, where Affriat would pick up the resident of Leiden. The resident of Leiden then drove to the campsite with the later victim next to him. Shortly after they pulled into the campground, the car began to lurch and shots were heard. Moments later, people at the campsite found Affriat’s body in the car. B. had run off on foot.
The weapon and two bags with belongings of the victim were found in the bushes near De Horrebieter the following days. B., after consulting his lawyer Peter Plasman, turned himself in to the police two days after the shooting. He’s been stuck ever since. At the beginning of this month, the Public Prosecution Service demanded thirteen years in prison and TBS with compulsory treatment against him.
B. stated during the trial that there was no longer any conflict between the two, but that he came to visit his friend Affriat to ‘chill’ and talk together. According to him, however, his friend in the car suddenly pulled out a weapon, which he – with the barrel pointed at him – placed in his lap. Near Affriat’s chalet, B. said he panicked so much that he grabbed the weapon and started shooting. He shot the victim four times from close range. According to him, it was self-defense, or ’emergency weather’.
According to the court, B.’s statements raise questions. For example, the man stated that he had to stop shortly after entering the Affriat campsite, after which he would have taken something from the trunk. That was after he saw the gun in the man’s hand. He said he was convinced that Affriat took ammunition from the trunk. After that, Affriat would have boarded again.
“In the opinion of the court, it is completely incomprehensible why he did not drive away immediately after the victim got out, but waited until he took his place in the car with his gun,” the court said. By not driving away then, he cannot invoke severe weather, is the verdict.