The suspects of a series of robberies, including the armed robbery of YouTube star Nikkie de Jager in Uden and the failed robbery of football analyst René van der Gijp, remain in custody. This has been decided by the court in The Hague.
During a pre-trial hearing in the court, seven suspects aged 22 to 26 from Rotterdam and Ridderkerk stood trial. They were sentenced by the court in Rotterdam last year to prison terms of 2.5 to 8 years.
Traumatic
According to the Public Prosecution Service, they committed four robberies and three burglaries in a varying composition in 2020. The robbers struck in Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Rockanje, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Mijnsheerenland and Uden.
Through their lawyers, five of the seven suspects asked the court on Monday whether they can await the substantive treatment of their appeal in freedom. Those requests were rejected by the court “because the personal interests of the suspects do not outweigh the interests of criminal proceedings”.
Nikkie de Jager, known from the YouTube channel NikkieTutorials, was robbed in her own home in August 2020. Van der Gijp fell victim to a failed robbery in April that year. The makeup artist called it “one of the most scary and traumatic events of my life”.
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