This week there were all kinds of things going on in the province of Drenthe again. Epko F. was convicted of manslaughter of his wife Ida, Rijkswaterstaat announced that it would cancel all major maintenance in Drenthe and students heard whether they had passed. In this article you can read what happened in Drenthe this week.
The week started on Monday with the havoc in Norg. After a major fire raged at a garage on Sunday, the consequences were clearly visible. Local residents took the time on Monday to take a look. “How sad, it has really been horribly destroyed,” said a resident of Norg.
On Tuesday, 81-year-old Epko F. was sentenced. He has been jailed for ten years for the manslaughter of his wife Ida, to whom he was married for more than fifty years. The sentence is equal to the demand of the Public Prosecution Service.
“Research shows that F. is suffering from the consequences of multiple brain hemorrhages. Despite his old age and deteriorating health condition, the court believes that only a long-term prison sentence does justice to the seriousness of the case,” reporter Marjolein Lauret explains the ruling.
Another setback for the north. Rijkswaterstaat announced on Wednesday that major maintenance work on the roads in Drenthe will be cancelled. The money has run out.
“It seems that our region will again end up at the back when there is a shift in The Hague and that is a signal that cannot be explained in the Northern Netherlands,” says a disappointed Johannes Bos of VNO-NCW MKB Noord.
Thursday was all about the exam results. An exciting day, also for the Drenthe students who were told whether they had passed or not.
The week ended with the question whether six mental health care employees of GGZ Drenthe made a mistake by breaking their professional secrecy or not. On Friday, that question was central to the medical disciplinary board in Zwolle.
During the corona period, the employees spoke with a nurse from the Wilhelmina Hospital in Assen. He allegedly told them that he had killed twenty patients in his department. His handlers must now explain why his employer was warned and also why statements were given to the police.