The families of the two victims of the double murder in Weiteveen will hold the police liable for the damage suffered.
Despite those signals ‘there has been no appropriate and effective police action’. So the families now hold the police liable for ‘the material and intangible damage suffered and still to be suffered’. According to the relatives, the police failure is an unlawful act, the newspaper writes.
The couple was murdered on January 16, 2024 near the house they had previously bought from Richard K. A conflict about hidden defects in the house arose. He escalated, after which Richard K. killed the two. K. was sentenced to life imprisonment in May this year.
After an internal investigation showed that major mistakes had been made in the case, the police went through the dust deep. “As a police, we have not achieved our professional standard, I find that particularly painful and I regret that,” said police chief Martin Sitalsing of the Northern Netherlands unit.