A woman from Amersfoort experienced a horror evening at the beginning of this year: her clothes were set on fire, she was given a knife to her throat, was tied to her hands with duct tape and was forcibly driven from Terwijde/Utrecht station to Amersfoort. Three teenage girls were convicted today for the violent argument.
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January 11, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of the Amersfoort teenager Amy*. A quarrel between four girls gets terribly out of hand at Terwijde station. De Amersfoortse is kicked, beaten, pulled by her hair and spat on by three peers (17, 18 and 19 years old) from Utrecht and Venlo in Limburg.
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They also set her clothes on fire and put a knife to her throat. Then her hands are tied with duct tape, she is given a mouth cap and is forcibly driven to Amersfoort. The trio films the girl and demand that she say ‘sorry’. If she doesn’t, she’ll be left naked on the highway.
Dozens of users watch via the Telegram app how the teenager is terrified. The nightmare ends when she flees from her flat in Amersfoort and knocks on the door of her neighbors screaming for help. Her screams could be heard deep into the neighborhood.
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The reason for the fight? The eighteen-year-old Limburger stayed with Amy for a while, her things were still there and she wanted them back. “I heard she spoke negatively about me. I didn’t deserve that,” she previously explained to the Utrecht court. According to the trio, the confrontation got so out of hand that it was not the intention and was due to peer pressure.
The court has sentenced the three teenage girls for the ‘terrible acts’. Two of the three were in juvenile detention, they do not have to go back to the cell. The minor was sentenced to conditional juvenile detention. The other two in addition to mandatory treatment community service of 240 and 150 hours.