That is what Robert Snorn, the boy’s lawyer, tells Omroep Friesland. “It is a personal decision of the family, but I could imagine that they file a report,” Snorn told the local medium.
The incident happened at the ramp to the A32 in Heerenveen, where the police aimed at Jouke’s tractor. The police also fired as a warning. A police bullet hit his vehicle. The result: a 12 millimeter hole at head height. If the projectile had landed a few millimeters further, this could have had fatal consequences for Jouke, his mother told the Leeuwarder Courant on Wednesday. He was subsequently arrested along with two other men, aged 46 and 34.
On his Facebook page, Jouke explained his experiences after his release on Wednesday evening. ‘I thought I should get around it too. So I calmly walk over the sidewalk and suddenly ‘bang’ in my right ear.’ The farmer’s son then quickly ran away, he writes. ‘I think quickly leave, soon a second (bullet, ed.) will follow.’
Jouke was arrested on the basis of ‘attempted manslaughter’. “There are clear images of what happened,” Snorn says. “If you look at it, you see that there is no question of attempted manslaughter. Jouke stands in a line of tractors, drives around police cars and doesn’t even come close to police cars.”
Still suspicious
They were released on Wednesday. The trio are no longer charged with attempted murder. The Public Prosecution Service no longer sees any reason to do so. The lawyer states that the only suspicion of a criminal offense is “at most a traffic violation”, Storn told Omroep Friesland. According to the lawyer, the fact that his client is still allowed to be classified as a suspect is because the investigation has not yet been completed. “I am convinced that it will be a dismissal. Then there is hardly any other option,” he tells the Leeuwarder Courant.
The boy is now doing well. Jouke does have a beep in his ear. “He’s quite upset, but he’s a happy boy. He was treated well at the police station,” said his lawyer.