“The very young life of Santiago has come to an abrupt end,” said the public prosecutor in the court in The Hague. “It is extremely bitter that these types of incidents have to demonstrate how dangerous the possession of firearms is.” In addition to the prison sentence, who has already served the suspect in custody, she demanded a location ban for the victim’s grave. That is a wish of the relatives.
Chair flies through courtroom in The Hague: emotions are high in the relatives of a shooting incident
Central during the criminal case the question is who is responsible for the deadly shot. From the start, the suspect said that they were both playing with the converted gas pistol at night while blowing, with Santiago shot himself in the head. The OM calls this unlikely. The OM believes, among other things, the distance of the shot and shooting tests that the suspect has shot.
The suspect would have bought the weapon a week before the shooting incident. “I felt unsafe because I was threatened,” he said. “Buying a weapon has been the biggest mistake in my life.”
The suspect said about the death of his friend: “I hired the weapon and focused on the wall with the laser. Then he started playing with it. We were just listening to music, drillrap. He waved the weapon to the music and focused on the wall, me and himself. I just stuck a blow, then I heard the bright.”