Arek K. is also suspected of a sex crime. The judge will hear the sexual offense case on Wednesday, also behind closed doors. In principle, a hearing in a case in which the suspect is an adult is public. The idea behind the openness of the judiciary is that it must be verifiable by the public. In some cases it is still decided that the case must be dealt with behind closed doors, for example if this is required to protect the privacy of one of the parties.
The judge will publicly consider K.’s possible role in the killing of the youth care worker on Thursday. And about other violent crimes that K. is alleged to have committed.
Next Monday and Tuesday, the 20-year-old alleged leaders of the youth gang will be in court: Jermain S. from Emmen and Gino de W. from Groningen. S. is suspected, among other things, of provoking the deadly incident in Yorneo.
He sent the teenagers out that evening to rob a gas station. That was closed. In order not to return empty-handed, the boys decided to steal the safe. This ended fatally. After their arrest, the teenagers stated that they were also controlled by the Groningen man.
De W. is said to have been behind, among other things, the robbery of the McDonalds in Emmen. According to the Public Prosecution Service, one of the robbers is 18-year-old Daniël T. from Roden. T. also lived in the Yorneo youth institution during that period.
The case against T. will be heard on Thursday, February 1. Because the boy was still a minor when the crimes were committed, his case is also being handled behind closed doors. All suspects have been psychologically examined. All suspects appeared at least once at the public preliminary hearings. At that time, only the state of affairs and the extension of the pre-trial detention were discussed. Arek K. cried when he heard what he was suspected of.