Sources of De Telegraaf confirm this after reporting in het Parool. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Security and Justice indicated that he was unable to comment on the matter. A spokesman for the CJIB, responsible for the execution of the sentence, says that he ‘is unable to provide information about individual cases’.
Shortly after the verdict, Roy indicated on social media that he would not carry out his imposed community service. “Rutte can do that community service in his seam,” he wrote on Twitter with bravado. It is now clear that he actually refused. The judge had ruled that he would be detained for 40 days in that case. It is not known how long Roy has been behind bars.
Threatening Tweet
The former football player – who played in Orange 32 times in his career, and played for Ajax, the Italian Foggia, the English Nottingham Forest and the German Hertha BSC – was in court last September. Five months earlier, according to the Public Prosecution Service, he had posted a threatening tweet to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in which he suggested that the Prime Minister headshot (shot to the head). According to the Public Prosecution Service, Roy alluded to an attack on Rutte. The footballer stated that he “fights for children who are abused”.
According to Roy, he previously indicated on social media, the government facilitates that abuse, something for which he has never provided any evidence. According to him, the prime minister should appear before a tribunal. He also voiced other conspiracy theories, for example, stating that he is convinced that the prime minister is part of a group of leaders that is using the corona virus to greatly reduce the world population. He goes on to say that ‘the world needs to wake up’.
At the hearing, the erratic left winger of yesteryear already failed to attend. The born Amsterdammer of Surinamese descent also did not allow himself to be represented by a lawyer. For every two hours of community service that he would not perform, he was given a replacement prison sentence of one day.