The stabbing murder in Driehuis last September was self-defense, the Hoofddorp suspect (21) said today in the Haarlem court. But the Public Prosecution Service has a different interpretation. For the first time, there was actual mention of a drug deal. The courtroom was very busy, with family and friends of both the victim and the suspect.
On Monday morning, September 11, the normally sleepy Driehuis was startled by a brutal stabbing. A man (24) was stabbed in his home, stumbled outside and fell in the driveway.
A group of students from Ichthus College sit 100 meters away on the lawn and see it all happen. The suspect flees before their eyes. Later it turns out that at least two more companions are waiting for him in a car.
Today was the second preliminary hearing of the lawsuit. Unlike the first time, suspect Frits D. from Hoofddorp was there today. He has already confessed to the murder: it was self-defense, he said then.
The tension was palpable in the audience area and there were more police officers present than usual to keep the family and friends of both parties apart.
Collecting money for a drug deal
D.’s lawyer revealed part of his story today. The suspect and the victim are both said to be involved in a drug deal, together with others. D. had to collect money in Driehuis on September 11.
The man from Threehuizen is said to have answered the door in his underpants in the morning, after which the two went to his bedroom. According to D.’s lawyer, the Driehuizen resident had the feeling of being in trouble: “My client saw the desperation in the victim’s eyes.”
A struggle then ensued, during which the suspect allegedly stabbed the resident of Driehuizen. The lawyer: “My client thinks it’s terrible what happened. It was not his intention.”
But according to the Public Prosecution Service, research says something completely different, namely that the victim was still sleeping when he was stabbed in his bed. It remains unclear how the suspect entered.
‘He didn’t have to be there’
Moreover, the public prosecutor gives short shrift to D.’s self-defense argument: “The suspect chatted about a knife, went to a house where he did not belong, and used a knife there. He did not have to be there. He is allowed don’t complain about a small or crowded space he couldn’t escape from, it’s a situation he put himself in.”
One of D.’s co-suspects will soon be in court for the first time at an introductory hearing. D. would handed over stolen items to him. The other person’s case has been dismissed, as it turned out in court today.
The next hearing for this suspect is on April 22. It is not known when the substantive content of the case will be heard.