W. is emotional several times when he has to tell about the afternoon and evening he spent with Sara, whom he knew as Melissa. He picked her up with his work bus a little after three in the afternoon and brought her to the house on Jacob van Lennepstraat in Amsterdam of his girlfriend’s ex, which he was refurbished. A lot of alcohol and cocaine are used by both.
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According to W., what follows is very intense sex. In addition, Sara suffers serious injuries to her vulva and breaks, among other things, three ribs. According to research, the cause of death is strangulation. There is a trail of a cord that must have been tight around her neck. But she can also be strangled with hands.
Cord around Sara’s neck
W. has a different explanation. Sara would have asked him to apply more and more violence to sex, for example by hitting her in the face. She would have put a cord around her neck herself and have therefore become unconscious.
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He wanted to take her in the bath to teach her. There she fell unhappy in a panic with her head on the edge of the bath, and no longer shows a sign of life. In a panic, W. then did not call emergency services, but he met his brother, who advised him to remove her body. He does that. He was a lot of influence, he says, and does not know why he acted that way.
Great portrait of daughter
For the father and mother of Sara, who came from Italy, it was a tough day. They had a large portrait of their daughter with them that they were allowed to show during their speaking time. They also showed a photo collage of the young woman. She was much more than a sex worker who loved alcohol and drugs was the underlying message.
W. indicated to the judges not to be expected that he will be believed. “But I hope that Sara’s father and mother can ever believe that he never wanted to hurt their daughter.”
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Sara’s father asked the judges for justice, for all women who have to deal with brutal violence of men. Sara still has a teenage brother who has lost his example and confidant. He emphasizes that Sara was a sweet, cheerful and generous woman who still had plenty of dreams.
Her mother appealed to suspicious Bas W. directly, fighting her tears. Her life also ended on the day Sara died, she explains. “Now tell the truth about what really happened that day. There is also justice from above.”