On the evening of November 9, 2020, the resident of Leiden had come to Drenthe. He had a conflict with the 32-year-old campsite resident. B. had a Rolex, three bars of gold and 20,000 euros in safekeeping for him and the man wanted that back. According to B., the victim threatened him seriously and he also owed the man money. The two met at the station in Assen that evening. From there, B. drove to the campsite together with the campsite resident, in his car.
When he drove to the campsite, B. said he saw that the later victim had a gun. As he gasped in panic, a struggle ensued. He eventually got his hands on the weapon and shot the victim four times in the car. The man died on the spot. B. says it was self-defense, but the Public Prosecution Service does not believe that. That assumes that B. himself had taken the weapon and was not threatened at all.
‘Catching up in the jacuzzi’
According to the public prosecutor, app contact before the meeting shows that their contact had improved. Initially, the camp resident was worried that B. no longer had the Rolex, the gold and the money, but after B. sent him a photo, he seemed reassured. The two texted about catching up in the victim’s jacuzzi.
According to the officer, a reconstruction that has been made shows that it was so dark in the car that B. would not have been able to see the gun if the victim had been holding it. She also states that research has shown that the victim was using his two telephones just before the shooting. He called and texted. “Then how can he hold a weapon?”
The Public Prosecution Service assumes that B. took the weapon himself. The gun was found two days later near the campsite. B. reported himself to the police. Lawyer Peter Plasman asked to be dismissed from prosecution, because according to him there was an emergency.
Verdict: April 21.