The Public Prosecution Service is demanding twenty years in prison and forced TBS treatment against serial killer Sendric S. (25), who shot three random men on the street in Rotterdam-IJsselmonde.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, only a long prison sentence does justice to the suffering that S. has caused to the surviving relatives. In criminal cases involving suspects with a mental disorder, it is often doubted whether TBS is still effective after long-term detention. But according to the Public Prosecution Service, retaliation should play an important role in the conviction.
Justice also accuses S. of attempted manslaughter for stabbing a homeless man in Rotterdam
S., who confessed to his actions in police interrogations and to the judge, shot three passers-by at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. The victims were 58, 63 and 81 years old. The locations of the three shooting incidents were within walking distance of each other, in the part of the city where the twentysomething lived at the time.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, there was premeditation in all three cases. He purchased a firearm to shoot people, S. himself stated. Snapchat messages to the supplier of the weapon support that statement.
Justice also accuses S. of attempted manslaughter for stabbing a homeless man in the center of Rotterdam.
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Bank account
On the first day of the hearing, S. stated that he had received instructions from voices in his head. They instructed him, he claimed, to buy a gun and then commit acts of violence in exchange for a sum of money. On the day of the third murder, S. allegedly checked his bank account to see whether the money had already been transferred.
Behavioral experts from the Pieter Baan Center, where S. was observed, concluded that there was schizophrenia and a mild intellectual disability. The researchers consider it plausible that the shooter said he heard voices: his mother and sister heard how he sometimes talked back and started arguments.
According to the psychologist and psychiatrist, S.’s accountability is “greatly reduced.” They advised the judge to impose a TBS order with compulsory treatment.
‘Didn’t feel very much’
The public prosecutor accepts those conclusions, but points out that S. made inconsistent statements. In a police interrogation, S. had said that he wanted to know “what it was like” to shoot someone dead. According to him, he killed someone three times because he “didn’t feel much” the first time.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, it has not been established that the voices gave S. “orders that he could not resist.” Despite the disorder, the officer sees “some awareness of unlawfulness and moral impropriety”, which is also evident from S.’ statement that he got a “kick” from staying out of the hands of the police.
S. listened to the justice’s demand apparently unmoved. His defense will speak later.
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