When the case against the Ruinerwoldvader was discontinued in March last year, the Public Prosecution Service expanded the charge against B. with assault. Something his lawyer Yehudi Moszkowicz objected to, but which the court ultimately approved. However, the lawyer was given the opportunity to re-examine all nine children before the examining magistrate. That happened earlier this year.
Attorney Corinne Jeekel, who represents Shin, Mar Jan, Edino and Israel, assumes that at least two of them are present at the hearing today. How they respond to ‘the Josef B. case’ look at her, she doesn’t want to say beforehand. “One or more statements will come from the children at the hearing. Then that will become clear,” says the lawyer. Jeekel also does not want to say whether the four also want compensation from the handyman.
After the three judges and the prosecutors have questioned B. and the victims have spoken, the Public Prosecution Service will issue a sentence against the Austrian later today. Then Moszkowicz goes to plead for him. The lawyer does not want to say anything before the hearing. “Our position is unchanged from previous hearings. Will I plead for acquittal? Of course.”