A 33-year-old man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on December 20 for a mistaken murder in Beuningen, the Netherlands, has been arrested in Belgium, the Dutch police reported. After the judge’s verdict, the man cut his ankle bracelet and fled. He was arrested near Wommelgem.
The man was found in a car by the Belgian police on Sunday morning. He tried to flee and caused a traffic accident. The occupants of another car were injured, as was the woman who was in the car with the 33-year-old. He tried to escape on foot, but eventually officers managed to apprehend him.
The fled perpetrator is said to be August D. His brother Jomairo D. (29) is seen as the main perpetrator in the case. August D. was free on December 20 with an ankle bracelet, due to a previous conviction. His pre-trial detention was lifted in November, because the court found that there was not enough evidence against him at that time.
Handyman Mehmet Kiliçsoy (49) was shot in the head and upper body on the morning of July 6, 2020 on Thorbeckeplein in Beuningen, Gelderland. Two masked men opened fire from a stolen white Volkswagen Transporter. The court considers it a so-called mistaken murder, because Kiliçsoy was not the intended target. It is unclear who that was. In December, the court imposed sentences ranging from five to 30 years in prison to the six suspects in the case.
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