“A ticking time bomb” with a “very high risk of recidivism”. The advice from the Public Prosecution Service regarding the ankle bracelet for serial killer Freddy Horion (78) was downright damning. And yet the sentencing court decided to give Horion an ankle monitor. Striking: the advice – four pages long – was subsequently leaked to the Belga news agency. Our crime reporter Tim Lescrauwaet finds the timing and content of that leak lame: “You are ridiculing the judge and needlessly hurting the surviving relatives.”
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Freddy Horion (78) a ticking time bomb? Our reporter qualifies: “Do we really believe that a judge would take such a risk?”
Bytaketonews
Jun 4, 2026