They stayed in the same room for one month, and there were never any problems. Yet the unthinkable happened on Wednesday night: the heavily demented Eduard K. (75) killed his roommate Oscar d’Hauw (94) in the Demente department of Rusthuis Joostens in Zoersel. “I know for sure: my father was a soft, retired teacher of metalworking that no one did any harm,” his son testifies for the first time.

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